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Virtual Assessment as a Way to Reduce Help-seeking Barriers in Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2023 Sep 19. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000582. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSubjective cognitive decline (SCD), a potential early marker for neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease, is common among older adults. Although it is often regarded as a personal health concern, most individuals with SCD do not seek help from a health care professional. Help-seeking (HS) is a complex, individualized process with significant life-course implications, and older adults often face several barriers to HS across personal, socioeconomic, and cultural domains. The pandemic exacerbated these barr...
Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael R Kann Peter J Zeiger Sandra J Rizer Stephanie Cosentino Martina Azar Source Type: research

Gender, Pain, and Function Associated With Physical Activity After Hospitalization in Persons Living With Dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that managing or reducing pain, encouraging individual functional level, and gender could influence time spent in physical activity after acute hospitalization in persons living with dementia.PMID:37738286 | DOI:10.1097/WAD.0000000000000583 (Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders)
Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ashley Kuzmik Marie Boltz Barbara Resnick Brittany F Drazich James E Galvin Source Type: research

A Visual Analog Scale for Self-Reported Quality of Life: A Comparison of VAS and QoL-AD in Older Adults
CONCLUSIONS: Results indicated strong construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the VAS QoL-AD in people without dementia. These results warrant further research into the development of a dementia-specific, self-reported VAS QoL scale for PWD.PMID:37738287 | DOI:10.1097/WAD.0000000000000581 (Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders)
Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elizabeth Redford Sabine Heuer Source Type: research