"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 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Dementia in the incarcerated population: a retrospective study using the South Carolina Alzheimer's disease registry, USA. Int J Prison Health. 2023 02 27; ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print).
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Cultural adaptation of the savvy caregiver program for Korean Americans with limited English proficiency: a feasibility and acceptability study. BMC Geriatr. 2022 11 18; 22(1):875.
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Association of Dementia Severity and Caregiver Support With Early Discharge From Home Health. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2022 Jan-Dec; 37:15333175221129384.
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Effect of cognitive impairment on risk of death in Hispanic/Latino adults over the age of 50 residing in the United States with and without diabetes: Data from the Health and Retirement Study 1995-2014. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Sep; 18(9):1616-1624.
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Perioperative Considerations for Patients with a Known Diagnosis of Dementia. Adv Anesth. 2021 12; 39:113-132.
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Dementia Caregivers' Well-Being. Gerontologist. 2021 07 13; 61(5):e228-e243.
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Stress, Burden, and Well-Being in Dementia and Nondementia Caregivers: Insights From the Caregiving Transitions Study. Gerontologist. 2021 07 13; 61(5):670-679.
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Implementation Science in Thailand: Design and Methods of a Geriatric Mental Health Cluster-Randomized Trial. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Jan 01; 73(1):83-91.
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Is heart failure with preserved ejection fraction a 'dementia' of the heart? Heart Fail Rev. 2022 03; 27(2):587-594.
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Postacute Care: A Guide for People With Dementia and Their Caregiver. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 05; 102(5):1041-1044.