Search for dissertations about: "Dementia"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 549 swedish dissertations containing the word Dementia.

  2. 11. Dementia care alternatives in the Sundsvall-region, Sweden : studies on symptoms, costs and quality of life

    Author : Anders Wimo; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Dementia; costs; Quality of life; dementia symptoms; cost utility analysis; QALY; behaviour; institutionalization;

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  4. 12. Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in population-based studies

    Author : Mats Ribbe; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer’s disease; cerebrospinal fluid; dementia; hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging; older; survival; vascular dementia;

    Abstract : Dementia, a clinical syndrome with several profiles and causes, is characterised by a decline in cognitive functions, including memory, learning, executive function, attention, language, and social ability. The most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. READ MORE

  5. 13. Air pollution and dementia in a low exposure setting : the role of noise, olfaction, and theapoe gene

    Author : John Andersson; Maria Nordin; Anna Oudin; Anna Sundström; Tom Russ; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Air pollution; Road traffic; NOx; dementia; APOE; Alzheimer’s disease; Apolipoprotein E; olfaction; particulate matter; vascular dementia; odor identification; odor detection; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Previous research indicates an association between air pollution exposure, and risk of dementia. Still, a number of factors that may play a role in this association remain to be explored. READ MORE

  6. 14. Dementia and other mental disorders among 95-year olds

    Author : Anne Börjesson-Hanson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : nonagenarians; 95-year-olds; dementia; Alzheimer?s disease; vascular dementia; depression; anxiety; psychotic; paranoid ideation; cognitive function; mortality; population attributable risk; population study; prevalence; epidemiology; oldest old; very elderly;

    Abstract : The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders and age related differences in the very elderly. In addition, five-year mortality after age 95 in relation to dementia and cognitive function in non-demented, was examined. READ MORE

  7. 15. Revealing the complex nature of amyloid beta and its relation to dementia

    Author : Eleni Gkanatsiou; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s Disease; Amyloid beta; Mass spectrometry; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Down Syndrome; Pathological ageing; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Parkinson s disease dementia; dementia;

    Abstract : Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the extracellular space of the brain parenchyma. Amyloid plaques consist of amyloid beta peptides (Aβ). Amyloid pathology can also be involved in other types of dementia, either as a driving force or as a coexisting pathology. READ MORE