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Konstantinos Tsamakis

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The collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times in adults (COH-FIT-Adults): Design and methods of an international …

2022

BACKGROUND: . High-quality comprehensive data on short-/long-term physical/mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are needed. METHODS: . The Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT) is an international, multi-language (n=30) project involving >230 investigators from 49 countries/territories/regions, endorsed by national/international professional associations. COH-FIT is a multi-wave, on-line anonymous, cross-sectional survey [wave 1: 04/2020 until the end of the pandemic, 12 months waves 2/3 starting 6/24 months threreafter] for adults, adolescents (14-17), and children (6-13), utilizing non-probability/snowball and representative samp…

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Weight loss in Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies: Impact on mortality and hospitalization by dementia subtype

2021

Objectives Loss of weight is associated with cognitive decline as well as several adverse outcomes in dementia. The aim of this study was to assess whether weight loss is associated with mortality and hospitalization in dementia subtypes. Methods A cohort of 11,607 patients with dementia in Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VD), or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) was assembled from a large dementia care health records database in Southeast London. A natural language processing algorithm was developed to established whether loss of weight was recorded around the time of dementia diagnosis. Cox proportional hazard models were applied to examine the associations of reported weight l…

medicine.medical_specialtyWeight lossInternal medicinemental disordersmedicineDementiaCognitive declineVascular dementiaImpact on mortality and hospitalization by dementia subtype.- International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2021 [Soysal P. Tan S. G. Rogowska M. Jawad S. Smith L. Veronese N. Tsiptsios D. Tsamakis K. Stewart R. Mueller C. -Weight loss in Alzheimer-s disease vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies]Dementia with Lewy bodiesbusiness.industryAlzheimer's disease dementia hospitalization Lewy bodies mortality weight lossHazard ratioAlzheimer's diseasemedicine.diseasemortalityConfidence intervalPsychiatry and Mental healthCohortGeriatrics and Gerontologymedicine.symptomweight lossbusinessLewy bodiesdementiahospitalization
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Physical and mental health impact of COVID-19 on children, adolescents, and their families: The Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functionin…

2022

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered daily routines and family functioning, led to closing schools, and dramatically limited social interactions worldwide. Measuring its impact on mental health of vulnerable children and adolescents is crucial. METHODS: The Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT - www.coh-fit.com) is an on-line anonymous survey, available in 30 languages, involving >230 investigators from 49 countries supported by national/international professional associations. COH-FIT has thee waves (until the pandemic is declared over by the WHO, and 6-18 months plus 24-36 months after its end). In addition to adults, COH-FIT also…

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