Prevalence of Aging-Associated Cognitive Decline in an Italian elderly population: results from cross-sectional phase of Italian PRoject on Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease (IPREA)

Abstract

On the basis of our results, we estimate that 45% of our population-based Italian sample aged 65-84 years had some kind of cognitive deficits without dementia.

Tele-health-care in the elderly living in nursing home: the first Sicilian multimodal approach

“…Age-related changes in cognitive and sensory-motor functions, although common, may vary considerably across individuals and also cognitive domains [2,3]. Thus, during the last decade, we assisted to relevant progress in the rehabilitation techniques and devices, with regard to the development of telemedicine applications in geriatric care [4][5][6].…”

Longitudinal imaging pattern analysis (SPARE-CD index) detects early structural and functional changes before cognitive decline in healthy older adults

“…An estimated 22–45% of older people in locations worldwide have cognitive impairment without dementia (Hanninen et al, 1996; Plassman et al, 2008; Scafato et al, 2010). Although any degree of cognitive impairment can negatively impact quality of life (Missotten et al, 2008, 2009), increasing impairment often signifies the progression of life-altering illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD).…”

The Development and Evaluation of an Analytical Framework to Explore Student Nurses' Cultural Beliefs of Dementia

“…Two were excluded as ineligible -one because only estimates of Alzheimer's disease prevalence were provided (Afgin et al, 2012), and one because prevalence estimates were derived from survivors from previous prevalence surveys ( Virues-Ortega et al, 2011). Six of the 14 remaining eligible studies could not be included in the meta-analysis, since age-specific prevalence estimates were not provided, or only single-age groups were studied (Spada et al, 2009;Scafato et al, 2010;Dimitrov et al, 2012;De Deyn et al, 2011;Mathillas et al, 2011;Adelman et al, 2011). Thus, eight additional studies (four from Spain, two from Italy, and one each from Portugal and the UK) could be included in the updated meta-analysis (Table 3.…”