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Dementia - Epidemiology
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Definition of 'Dementia'An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness. |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Southeastern Spain: the Ariadna study.
30 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND) and dementia in a general elderly population and to examine the associated socio-demographic factors. METHODS: The Ariadna ... Read more...
Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia.
29 Sep 2009 The incidence and prevalence of dementia are expected to increase several-fold in the coming decades. Given that the current pharmaceutical treatment of dementia can only modestly improve symptoms, risk factor modification remains the cornerstone ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The current review covers causes and risk factors of vascular dementia, including single infarct, multi-infarct and cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. Comparisons and distinctions ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Dementia - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Southeastern Spain: the Ariadna study. 30 Oct 2009
- Dealing with the ethical dimension of dementia care.
Oct 2009 - Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. 29 Sep 2009
- Stroke and dementia. 29 Sep 2009
- What are the mechanisms for post-stroke dementia? 22 Sep 2009
- Prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with pre-stroke and post-stroke dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 22 Sep 2009
- [Could serum DHEA and DHEAS levels be good risk predictors of metabolic syndrome and osteoporosis in the population of ageing men?] 30 Aug 2009
- A survey of ABCA1 sequence variation confirms association with dementia. 30 Aug 2009
- [Safety at home for people with dementia: Preliminary evaluation of situations-at-risk in a French geriatric memory clinic] 30 Aug 2009
- Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohorts. 30 Aug 2009
- Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey. 24 Aug 2009
- Dementia and hypoglycemic episodes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 24 Aug 2009
- Essential tremor is associated with dementia: prospective population-based study in New York. 23 Aug 2009
- Ethnic disparities in the treatment of dementia in veterans. 16 Aug 2009
- Leisure activities in late life in relation to dementia risk: principal component analysis. 16 Aug 2009
- Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia. 10 Aug 2009
- High prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in indigenous Australians. 9 Aug 2009
- Use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia in a cohort study. 2 Aug 2009
- [Oldest-old dementia in a Japanese memory clinic] 30 Jul 2009
- Skilled dementia care must not become the preserve of specialists. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Dementia'
Definition: An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
Descriptor UI: D003704
Alternative terms: Dementia; Dementias; Amentia; Amentias; Senile Paranoid Dementia; Dementias, Senile Paranoid; Paranoid Dementia, Senile; Paranoid Dementias, Senile; Senile Paranoid Dementias; Semantic Dementia; Dementia, Semantic; Dementias, Semantic; Semantic Dementias; Familial Dementia; Dementia, Familial; Dementias, Familial; Familial Dementias; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; Degeneration, Frontotemporal Lobar; Degenerations, Frontotemporal Lobar; Frontotemporal Lobar Degenerations; Lobar Degeneration, Frontotemporal; Lobar Degenerations, Frontotemporal;
Related Mesh Headings: Tauopathies;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C10.228.140.380; F03.087.400;
History Note: 1981(1963)