1 Diagnosis and care for patients with cognitive impairment is rapidly evolving, making assessing Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology, as well as other dementias, key to timely intervention. Improvement of patient outcomes and care pathways drives our commitment to offer one of the industry’s most ...
This information, together with the person's age, can help suggest a likely diagnosis. For example:If the person is elderly and has had consistently worsening memory and other problems for several years, a doctor may suspect Alzheimer's disease. If symptoms got worse rapidly, then Creutzfeldt-...
Participants in this study were family caregivers of PWD who had received a clinical diagnosis of dementia. Participants were included if they were Malaysian citizens, aged 18 years or over, able to read and write Malay, primary caregivers (in case of more than one caregiver), in caregiving ro...
NouKNOW (non-medical device) is a tool that uses a simple card test using a PC, tablet or smartphone device to perform tests evaluating psychomotor function, attention, learning and memory, and working memory. This digital tool allows users to self-assess independently ...
Psychiatry is a medical specialty focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental health disorders. These disorders encompass a wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior, including depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use ...
Preferences of older people for early diagnosis and disclosure of Alzheimer's disease (AD) before and after considering potential risks and benefits Studies suggest that most people support screening for and disclosure of dementia, but it is not clear whether respondents have reflected on the benefits...
(frontal and/or temporal), but the overlaps are considerable. The diagnosis should be made based on the clinical pattern of impairment and not on the imaging. An electroencephalogram (EEG) may be used in rare cases where the cognitive impairment appears to fluctuate in a manner consistent with...
Test Accuracy of Informant-Based Cognitive Screening Tests for Diagnosis of Dementia and Multidomain Cognitive Impairment in Stroke NK, Fan Y, Quinn TJ. Test accuracy of informant-based cognitive screening tests for diagnosis of dementia and multidomain cognitive impairment in stroke... McGovern, ...
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Follow-up visits lasted from the initial assessment center attendance (Field 53) to the earliest date of dementia diagnosis, death, or the latest hospital inpatient data (March 2023), whichever occurred first. Associated metabolites identification and model development We employed Cox proportional ...