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Virtual reality applications based on instrumental activities of daily living (iADLs) for cognitive intervention in older adults: a systematic review
BackgroundIn recent years, the use of virtual reality (VR) as a complementary intervention in treating cognitive impairment has significantly...
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Amyloid-PET imaging predicts functional decline in clinically normal individuals
BackgroundThere is good evidence that elevated amyloid-β (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) signal is associated with cognitive decline in...
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Higher FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) scores are associated with poor functional outcomes, dementia, and mortality in older people
PurposeHigher Fit fOR The Aged (FORTA) scores have been shown to be negatively associated with adverse clinical outcomes in older hospitalized...
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The impact of near visual impairment on instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults in Selangor
ObjectiveNear visual impairment (VI) is a common disability in an aging population. Near vision is crucial in activity of daily living including...
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Health status and associated factors of middle-aged and older adult cancer survivors in India: results from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India
BackgroundThe number of persons who have survived cancer has been increasing in India as elsewhere due to advances in detection and treatment of this...
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Health-related quality of life in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment: a longitudinal cohort analysis
BackgroundHealth-related quality of life (HR-QoL) is an important outcome for patients and crucial for demonstrating the value of new treatments....
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Regional cerebral tau predicts decline in everyday functioning across the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum
BackgroundEmerging difficulty performing cognitively complex everyday tasks, or ‘instrumental activities of daily living’ (IADL) may be an early...
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Characterization of symptoms and determinants of disease burden in dementia with Lewy bodies: DEvELOP design and baseline results
BackgroundThe DEmEntia with LEwy bOdies Project (DEvELOP) aims to phenotype patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and study the symptoms and...
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Characteristics of behavioral symptoms in right-sided predominant semantic dementia and their impact on caregiver burden: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThis study aimed to clarify the neuropsychiatric symptoms of right-sided predominant semantic dementia (SD-R) by comparing them with those...
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Decline in cognitively complex everyday activities accelerates along the Alzheimer’s disease continuum
BackgroundImpairment in daily functioning is a clinical hallmark of dementia. Difficulties with “instrumental activities of daily living” (IADL) seem...
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The University of California San Diego performance-based skills assessment: a useful tool to detect mild everyday functioning difficulties in HIV-infected patients with very good immunological condition
Everyday functioning (EF) impairment is frequent in people living with HIV (PLWH). Our aim was to better explore EF and its association with PLWH...
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Patterns of inappropriate prescribing and clinical characteristics in patients at admission to an acute care of the elderly unit
PurposeInappropriate prescribing (IP) is common among the elderly and is associated with adverse health outcomes. The role of different patterns of...
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Risk factors associated with heatwave mortality in Chinese adults over 65 years
Aging populations are susceptible to heat-related mortality because of physiological factors and comorbidities. However, the understanding of...
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Comparison of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living assessment by face-to-face or telephone interviews: a randomized, crossover study
BackgroundThe functional autonomy assessment is essential to manage patients with a neurodegenerative disease, but its evaluation is not always...
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Let Us Talk Money: Subjectively Reported Financial Performance of People Living with Neurodegenerative Diseases—A Systematic Review
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) form a heterogeneous, widespread group of disorders, generally characterized by progressive cognitive decline and...
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Vascular dysfunction in sporadic bvFTD: white matter hyperintensity and peripheral vascular biomarkers
BackgroundVascular dysfunction was recently reported to be involved in the pathophysiological process of neurodegenerative diseases, but its role in...
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Food security status and breast cancer screening among women in the United States: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study and Health Care and Nutrition Study
PurposeTo assess the impact of food insecurity on biennial breast cancer screenings (i.e., mammography or breast X-ray) among older women in the...
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Effects of Pharmacological Treatments in Alzheimer’s Disease: Permutation Entropy-Based EEG Complexity Study
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disease affecting cognitive and physical functioning. The currently available pharmacological...
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Low incidence of advanced neurological burden but high incidence of age-related conditions that are dementia risk factors in aging people living with HIV: a data-linkage 10-year follow-up study
Although increasing research is focusing on age-related comorbidities (ARC) among people living with HIV (PLHIV), no studies have concomitantly...
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Comparative evaluation of clinical and cerebrospinal fluid biomarker characteristics in rapidly and non-rapidly progressive Alzheimer’s disease
BackgroundRapidly progressive forms of Alzheimer’s disease (rpAD) are increasingly recognized and may have a prevalence of up to 30% of patients...
