scholarly journals Differences in diagnostic process, treatment and social Support for Alzheimer's dementia between primary and specialist care: resultss from the Swedish Dementia Registry

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Garcia-Ptacek ◽  
Ingrid Nilsson Modéer ◽  
Ingemar Kåreholt ◽  
Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad ◽  
Bahman Farahmand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Alzheimer’S Dementia ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Alzheimer's Dementia ◽  
Dementia Registry

scholarly journals C-11 Neurocognitive Differences in Alzheimer’s Dementia Compared to Healthy Controls on the WAIS-IV

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1038-1038
Author(s):  
C Burger ◽  
R Berger ◽  
C Marker
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Alzheimer’S Dementia ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Alzheimer's Dementia ◽  
Extensive Test ◽  
Matrix Reasoning ◽  
Perceptual Reasoning

Abstract Objective The present study seeks to identify neurocognitive patterns of those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) compared to those with no diagnosis (ND), potentially aiding in the diagnostic process. Previous research found visuospatial differences, but on previous versions of the WAIS. Method Participants (n = 580) were referred to a large assessment outpatient clinic with a variety of presenting problems, such as neurological diagnosis, personality functioning, and ADHD assessment. To measure cognitive functioning, participants were administered the WAIS-IV. Participants included individuals diagnosed with AD (n = 43) and those with ND (n = 40). Results Subtest scores for those diagnosed with AD were lower than participants with ND. We adjusted the mean level difference using vocabulary (VC). Using regression, variance associated with VC was pulled out, as it is not susceptible to cognitive decline. Both Matrix Reasoning (MR) (r-square = .04; p =.001) and Digit Span (DS) (r-square = .04; p = .001) were significantly different for the two groups even after controlling for VC. Block Design (BD) was not significantly different (p = 0.07). Conclusions While previous research indicates patterns of visuospatial difficulties in neurocognitive functioning among those with AD, the current findings suggest impairments in perceptual reasoning and working memory. Previous research also suggests that BD predicts AD. However, the current study indicates MR and DS predicts AD, whereas BD does not. While these results may be due to small sample size, this study did control for intellectual functioning. Additional research involving an extensive test battery is needed to further examine these findings.

scholarly journals European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia Registry: Recruitment and prescreening approach for a longitudinal cohort and prevention trials

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 837-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Vermunt ◽  
Colin D. Veal ◽  
Lea ter Meulen ◽  
Charalambos Chrysostomou ◽  
Wiesje van der Flier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Dementia ◽  
Alzheimer's Dementia ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Dementia Registry ◽  
Prevention Trials

Serum and cerebrospinal fluid cystatin C levels in vascular and Alzheimer's dementia

2000 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kalman ◽  
J. Marki-Zay ◽  
A. Juhasz ◽  
A. Santha ◽  
L. Dux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Cystatin C ◽  
Alzheimer’S Dementia ◽  
Alzheimer's Dementia
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