Sökning: "Finnish dementia"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Finnish dementia.

1. 1. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life

   Författare :Anna Dahl; Stig Berg; Bo Malmberg; Linda Hassing; Eleonor Fransson; Sven Nilsson; Åke Wahlin; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aging; body mass index; cognition; dementia; epidemiology; longitudinal; population-based; prospective; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. LÄS MER

3. 2. Molecular Mechanisms of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

   Författare :Lena Skoglund; Anna Glaser; Martin Ingelsson; Lars Lannfelt; Stuart Pickering-Brown; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Frontotemporal dementia; Tau; Progranulin; Alternative splicing; Nonsense-mediated decay; Haploinsufficiency;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to identify genetic factors involved in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), a neurodegenerative disorder clinically characterised by a progressive change in personality, behaviour and language. FTLD is a genetically complex disorder and a positive family history is found in up to 40% of the cases. LÄS MER

4. 3. Monolingual and bilingual communication between patients with dementia diseases and their caregivers

   Författare :Sirkka-Liisa Ekman; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Kommunikation; Vårdare-patientrelationer; Demens-- psykologiska aspekter;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis was to elucidate demented monolingual patients' communicative behaviour as described by their caregivers, and demented bilingual patients' communication, interaction, and relationship with caregivers who could/could not Finnish.The first part of the thesis includes two time-studies and interviews with caregivers in the geriatric care of monolingual patients (I, II). LÄS MER

5. 4. The impact of homocysteine and B vitamins on Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive performance and structural brain changes

   Författare :Babak Hooshmand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Alzheimer’s disease;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the relation of homocysteine (tHcy), vitamin B12, and folate with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), cognitive performance, and structural brain changes in population-based studies of Finnish and Swedish elderly individuals. Study I. LÄS MER

7. 5. Mental stimulation and multimodal trials to prevent cognitive impairment and Alzheimer ́s disease

   Författare :Anders Rydström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Theoretical models of dynamic biomarkers underlying the development of Alzheimer´s Disease (AD) acknowledge that there is inter-individual variability in the cognitive performance associated with any level of AD pathology. Mentally stimulating activities such as schooling, occupation, and leisure activities, may contribute to this variability, but it is yet unclear how this can be best assessed, and how such effects can vary across AD severity and among individuals at-risk for cognitive impairment. LÄS MER