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Living with dementia: increased level of caregiver stress in times of COVID-19
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-07)
COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected the care that older adults with Alzheimer´s Disease(AD) and related disorders received in Argentina. Even though circulation for familycaregivers of subjects with dementia was one of ...
COVID-19 Epidemic in Argentina: Worsening of Behavioral Symptoms in Elderly Subjects With Dementia Living in the Community
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-08)
In Argentina, the quality of care that elderly subjects with dementia living in the community received has been deeply affected by COVID-19 epidemic. Our objective was to study to what extend mandatory quarantine imposed ...
Validation of the RUDAS in Patients With a Middle-Level Education in Lima, Peru.
(SAGE Publications, 2019)
OBJECTIVES: To assess the psychometric properties of the Peruvian version of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS-PE) to discriminate controls from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early ...
Structural Anatomical Investigation of Long-Term Memory Deficit in Behavioral Frontotemporal Dementia
(IOS Press, 2018-03)
Although a growing body of work has shown that behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) could present with severe amnesia in approximately half of cases, memory assessment is currently the clinical standard to ...
Differential Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind Abilities at Mild and Moderate Stages of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
(Lippincott Williams, 2015-06)
To study the affective and cognitive components of theory of mind (ToM) performance in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), focusing on differential impairment at mild and moderate disease ...
Cerebrovascular disease with and without stroke: Cognitive and clinical profiles
(Research Trends, 2010-05)
Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) patients with and without stroke were compared using clinical and neurological criteria, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and cognitive impairment including dementia. The sample comprised 143 ...
Performance of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in a Diverse Cohort of Illiterate Persons From Rural Communities in Peru
(Frontiers EditorialCH, 2021-07-07)
ABSTRACT
Background: The accurate diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders in illiterate Peruvian populations is challenging, largely owing to scarcity of brief cognitive screening tools (BCST) validated in these diverse ...
Asymptomatic COVID-19 in the elderly: dementia and viral clearance as risk factors for disease progression
(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2021-08)
Background:SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals ≥60 years old have the highest hospitalization rates and represent >80% fatalities. Within this population, those in long-term facilities represent >50% of the total COVID-19 ...
GERO Cohort Protocol, Chile, 2017–2022: Community-based Cohort of Functional Decline in Subjective Cognitive Complaint elderly
(BioMed Central, 2020-12)
Background: With the global population aging and life expectancy increasing, dementia has turned a priority in the health care system. In Chile, dementia is one of the most important causes of disability in the elderly and ...
Combining visual rating scales to identify prodromal Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease dementia in a population from a low and middle-income country
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Background: Many low- and middle-income countries, including Latin America, lack access to biomarkers for the diagnosis of prodromal Alzheimer's Disease (AD; mild cognitive impairment due to AD) and AD dementia. MRI visual ...