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Barbara Boselli

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The instruments used by the Italian centres for cognitive disorders and dementia to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

2018

Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the tools used in Italy to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: In collaboration with the Luigi Amaducci Research Consortium, the Italian Network of Alzheimer Evaluation Units prepared a questionnaire to describe how MCI is diagnosed in the Italian Centres for cognitive disorders and dementia (CCDD). Results: Most of the ninety-two CCDDs participating in the survey were located in hospitals (54.7%); large percentages were coordinated by neurologists (50.8%) and geriatricians (44.6%). Almost all (98.5%) used the Mini Mental State Examination to diagnose MCI; the Clock Drawing Test was also frequently used (83.9%). Other neuropsycho…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyAgingDiagnosis toolStandardized testItalian centres for cognitive disorders and dementia03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSurveys and Questionnairesmental disordersmedicineDementiaHumansCognitive Dysfunction030212 general & internal medicineMedical diagnosisMild cognitive impairment (MCI)Geriatric AssessmentAgedAged 80 and overMini–Mental State Examinationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryNeuropsychologyMild cognitive impairmentCognitionmedicine.diseaseMental Status and Dementia TestsItalyPhysical therapySettore MED/26 - NeurologiaDementiaFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessClock drawing test030217 neurology & neurosurgeryAging clinical and experimental research
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The Impact of COVID-19 Quarantine on Patients With Dementia and Family Caregivers: A Nation-Wide Survey

2021

IntroductionPrevious studies showed that quarantine for pandemic diseases is associated with several psychological and medical effects. The consequences of quarantine for COVID-19 pandemic in patients with dementia are unknown. We investigated the clinical changes in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and evaluated caregivers’ distress during COVID-19 quarantine.MethodsThe study involved 87 Italian Dementia Centers. Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), and Vascular Dementia (VD) were eligible for the study. Family caregivers of patients with dementia were interviewed by phone in April 2020, 45 days after …

AgingPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyCognitive Neurosciencelcsh:RC321-57103 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemental disordersAlzheimer’s disease BPSD caregiver burden COVID-19 dementia quarantinemedicineDementiaBPSD030212 general & internal medicineVascular dementialcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryAlzheimer’s disease; BPSD; caregiver burden; COVID-19; dementia; quarantineDepression (differential diagnoses)Original ResearchM-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALEMED/26 - NEUROLOGIAcaregiver burdenDementia with Lewy bodiesFamily caregiversbusiness.industryquarantineCOVID-19Odds ratiomedicine.diseaseSettore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIADistressMED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVEbusinessAlzheimer’s disease030217 neurology & neurosurgeryNeuroscienceFrontotemporal dementiadementia
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