APOE4 Status and Cognitive Function in Middle-aged and Elderly People.

Introduction: is one of the prominent genes involved in the increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but its effect on cognition in patients who are not yet diagnosed with dementia or mild cognitive impairment is relatively understudied. We aimed to examine the effect of ApoE4 on cognitive performance in unimpaired middle-aged and elderly persons.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 51 cognitively unimpaired participants divided into ApoE4 positive patients and controls by genotyping.

Cognitive Differences in Subjective Cognitive Decline with and without Associated Worry.

Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is a heterogenous concept that has been associated with future objective cognitive decline. Our objective was to assess the cognitive function of three groups: one with SCD who claimed to be worried about their symptoms, one with SCD who did not claim to be worried about their symptoms and one without SCD (control group). We designed a cross-sectional study including people from primary care units and a memory center.

Knowledge of Prevention Measures and Information About Coronavirus in Romanian Male Patients with Severe Mental Illness and Severe Alcohol Use Disorder.

Purpose: Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at higher risk for contracting coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) and for poor outcomes of COVID-19 infection. One reason for this could be the lack of knowledge regarding preventive measures against COVID-19 and the inability of the psychiatric patients to discern misinformation from facts.

Patients And Methods: The study design was cross-sectional.