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Early Dementia Screening and Treatment 2016
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Early Dementia Screening and Treatment 2016

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2016) | Viewed by 6300

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Eef Hogervorst

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Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leicestershire, UK
Interests: early diagnoses and modifiable risk and protective factors (e.g., hormones, exercise and nutrition) for dementia and age-related cognitive decline; development and validation of cognitive tests and computerized diagnostic systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dementia is a growing problem worldwide due to an ageing population. The majority of dementia cases are expected to reside in developing countries with few resources such as medically trained staff and instruments. Easy to apply, cheap, and valid screening tests for a cross-cultural assessment are thus needed. Several reviews have suggested that early treatment may be most successful. This Special Issue includes several papers by experts discussing best diagnostic tests for early dementia including neuropsychological and biomarker tests and treatments, which have been shown to be successful for early dementia.

Prof. Dr. Eef Hogervorst
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • dementia screening
  • diagnostics
  • biomarkers
  • cognitive tests
  • early treatment

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Cluster Analysis of Physical and Cognitive Ageing Patterns in Older People from Shanghai
by Stephan Bandelow, Xin Xu, Shifu Xiao and Eef Hogervorst
Diagnostics 2016, 6(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics6010011 - 22 Feb 2016
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This study investigated the relationship between education, cognitive and physical function in older age, and their respective impacts on activities of daily living (ADL). Data on 148 older participants from a community-based sample recruited in Shanghai, China, included the following measures: age, education, [...] Read more.
This study investigated the relationship between education, cognitive and physical function in older age, and their respective impacts on activities of daily living (ADL). Data on 148 older participants from a community-based sample recruited in Shanghai, China, included the following measures: age, education, ADL, grip strength, balance, gait speed, global cognition and verbal memory. The majority of participants in the present cohort were cognitively and physically healthy and reported no problems with ADL. Twenty-eight percent of participants needed help with ADL, with the majority of this group being over 80 years of age. Significant predictors of reductions in functional independence included age, balance, global cognitive function (MMSE) and the gait measures. Cluster analysis revealed a protective effect of education on cognitive function that did not appear to extend to physical function. Consistency of such phenotypes of ageing clusters in other cohort studies may provide helpful models for dementia and frailty prevention measures. Full article
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