"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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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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What makes caregiving difficult according to Reddit users. Gerontologist. 2026 04 13; 66(5).
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Co-Design of a Sleep Improvement Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia Boarding in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 03; 33(3):e70274.
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Disposition at Equipoise: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' Decision-Making About Hospitalizing People With Dementia. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 03; 33(3):e70272.
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Neuroimaging correlates of cognitive stages in Parkinson's disease: A multimodal MRI study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2026 05; 264:109343.
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Predicting Mortality and Costs After Emergency Department Visits by People With Dementia: Timing and Location Matter. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Mar; 74(3):822-828.
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A novel tool to assess the capacity of people with dementia to designate a surrogate. Gerontologist. 2025 11 10; 65(12).
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Summary population attributable fraction of dementia prevalence associated with sensory risk factors. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Mar; 110(1_suppl):S152-S163.
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A Qualitative Study of Health Priorities of People With Dementia and Care Partners in Emergency Department and Hospital Care in a Public Safety-Net Setting. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Dec; 73(12):3719-3728.
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Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 10 01; 185(10):1227-1236.
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A randomized trial of two online platforms for dementia family caregivers: GamePlan4Care and Resources4Care. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 10; 21(10):e70690.