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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background Malnutrition is common in older adults and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates. Aim The aim of the study is to describe the prevalence of malnutrition based on low BMI, involuntary weight ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
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The Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) translates heart rate during daily activity into a weekly score. Obtaining a weekly PAI score ≥100 is associated with reduced risk of premature morbidity and mortality ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Objectives Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are associated with dementia severity and progression rate. NPS clusters have different neurobiological underpinnings; therefore, their effect on dementia progression may differ. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The objectives of the study were (a) to compare self-reported Quality of Life (QoL) in a 24-month follow-up of people with dementia attending day care designed for people with dementia (day-care group, DC) with people with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
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Traditional performance-based measurements of mobility fail to recognize the interaction between the individual and their environment. Life-space (LS) forms a central element in the broader context ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
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Traditional performance-based measurements of mobility fail to recognize the interaction between the individual and their environment. Life-space (LS) forms a central element in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background: Literature on physical performance in older adults across the cognitive spectrum remains inconclusive, and knowledge on differences between dementia subtypes is lacking. We aim to identify distinct physical-performance ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Dementia is a care intensive disease, especially in the later stages, implying in many cases a substantial carer burden. This study assesses the use of formal and informal care resources among persons with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background In nursing homes (NH) the prevalence of dementia ranges from 50 to 84% and most residents have extensive physical-performance impairments. However, from time of admission, development of physical performance in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Dementia is affecting both the person with the disease and the family members. It is associated with nursing home admission, and a reduced ability to perform personal activities of daily living ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
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Home-dwelling people with dementia and their informal carers experience barriers impeding access to community care services. This study is a part of the Actifcare project where eight countries participated. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Objectives: To estimate transition times from dementia diagnosis to nursing-home (NH) admission or death and to examine whether sex, education, marital status, level of cognitive impairment and dementia aetiology are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Introduction: The progression rate of Alzheimer's disease (AD) varies and might be affected by the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM2) activity. We explored if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) soluble TREM2 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
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Little is known about factors associated with alcohol consumption and use of drugs with addiction potential in older adults. The aim of this study was to explore the association between ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether frequent drinking, use of drugs with addiction potential and the possible combination of frequent drinking and use of prescribed drugs with addiction potential ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with risk of dementia, but whether temporal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness influence the risk of dementia incidence and mortality is still unknown. We aimed to study whether ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Background: Maintaining quality of life including physical functioning is highly prioritized among older cancer patients. Geriatric assessment is a recommended approach to identify patients with increased vulnerability to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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Earlier studies show that the main reasons for admission to long-term nursing home care are cognitive impairment and functional impairments of activities of daily life. However, descriptive ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
Day care services offer meaningful activities, a safe environment for attendees and respite for family caregivers while being expected to delay the need for nursing home (NH) admission. However, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
Dementia and physical morbidity are primary reasons for nursing home admission globally. However, data on physical morbidity in nursing home residents with and without dementia are scarce. The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Purpose: Buprenorphine transdermal system is increasingly prescribed in people with advanced dementia, but no clinical trial has investigated the safety and factors associated with discontinuation due to adverse events in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Physical activity (PA) is associated with a decreased dementia risk, whereas psychological distress (distress) is linked to an increased dementia risk.
Objective: We investigated independent and joint associations ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Objective: Nursing home (NH) stay is the highest level of formal care. With the expected demographic changes ahead, the need for NH placement will put an increasing socioeconomic strain on the society. Survival in NHs and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
A large fraction of genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is still not identified, limiting the understanding of AD pathology and study of therapeutic targets. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background: Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been proposed as a protective factor against dementia, whereas psychological distress is associated with an increased risk of dementia. We investigated the associations ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and persistence of clinically significant neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home residents with dementia, and to study the association between severity of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Objectives: We described the duration from symptom debut to assessment at specialist healthcare outpatient clinics for dementia in Norway and explored whether educational level was associated with time from symptom debut ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective To determine the effectiveness of the Targeted Interdisciplinary Model for Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (TIME) for treatment of moderate to severe agitation in people with dementia. Methods ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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The prevalence of psychotropic drug (PTD) use in NH residents is high, but few have explored prevalence and persistency in PTD in NH residents and factors associated with persistency. This at the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Little is known about the consumption habits of older adults in Norway with respect to alcohol and the use of drugs with addiction potential, such as benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics and opioids, among regular ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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Earlier studies of nursing home patients show a high prevalence of dementia, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), pain, and dependency in activities of daily living. The REDIC-NH cohort was set up to study the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background There is little knowledge about the consumption of alcohol among Chinese and Norwegian older adults aged 65 years and over. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors related to alcohol ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Life expectancy is increasing continuously, which increases the likelihood of developing dementia or cancer. Both dementia and cancer are serious conditions that give manifold symptoms. The interaction of these ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background/Aims MRI assessment of the brain has demonstrated four different patterns of atrophy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia (AD): typical AD, limbic-predominant AD, hippocampal-sparing AD, and a subtype ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background Nearly all persons with dementia will experience neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) during the course of their disease. Clinicians and researchers emphasize the need for an evidence-informed standardized approach ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
Knowledge about long-term change in health related quality of life (HQoL) among older adults after hospitalization for treatment of depression has clinical relevance. The aim was firstly to describe the change ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
We aimed at assessing time shift in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home residents between 2004/2005 and 2010/2011 and associations between NPS and socio-demographic variables, physical health ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as affective symptoms, psychosis, agitation, and apathy are common among nursing home patients with and without dementia. Treatment with one or more psychotropic drug is often ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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To investigate whether it is possible to determine signs of imminent dying and change in pain and symptom intensity during pharmacological treatment in nursing home patients, from day perceived as dying and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
The relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia risk is unclear. This investigation estimates the association between alcohol consumption reported in a population-based study in the mid-1980s and the risk for ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze which variables predicted nursing home admission (NHA) and death. Methods: 1,001 recipients of domiciliary care were assessed three times in a 3-year period. Through bivariate and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background Nursing home patients have complex mental and physical health problems, disabilities and social needs, combined with widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs. Preservation of their quality of life is an ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Articles describing older persons’ experiences of coping with severe depression are, to our knowledge, lacking. This article is methodologically grounded in phenomenological hermeneutics, inspired by Paul Ricoeur, and ...