"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2013 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Perceptions of Acute Care Telemedicine Among Caregivers for Persons Living with Dementia: A Qualitative Study. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Jan; 43(1):69-77.
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Association of Type 2 Diabetes Subgroups With Cognitive Status Without Modification From Lifestyle Intervention. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 05 17; 108(6):e334-e342.
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Developing a Culturally Competent Neuropsychological Battery for Diagnosis of Dementia in Arabic-Speaking Patients in the United States. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Apr 26; 38(3):433-445.
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A Neuropsychological Battery for the Evaluation of Dementia Among Mandarin-Speaking Older Adults in the United States. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Apr 26; 38(3):446-458.
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Developing a Culturally Competent Neuropsychological Assessment Battery for Vietnamese-speaking Patients with Suspected Dementia. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Apr 26; 38(3):485-500.
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Culturally Competent Approaches for Neuropsychological Assessment for Differential Diagnosis of Dementia of Korean-Speaking Patients in the United States. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Apr 26; 38(3):459-471.
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Developing a Culturally Competent Neuropsychological Assessment Battery for Farsi-speaking Patients with Suspected Dementia. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Apr 26; 38(3):472-484.
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Cost-utility analysis of a multispecialty interprofessional team dementia care model in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 2023 04 19; 13(4):e064882.
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Association between hearing aid use and all-cause and cause-specific dementia: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort. Lancet Public Health. 2023 05; 8(5):e329-e338.
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Mortality After Exposure to a Hurricane Among Older Adults Living With Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 03 01; 6(3):e232043.