Malnutrition, Prevalence and Relation to Some Risk Factors among Elderly Residents of Nursing Homes in Tehran, Iran.

Background: Malnutrition and dehydration are two most common types of ailments residents of nursing homes (NH) prone to. It is very important to assess these problems because they can predispose the residents to severe illnesses. The aim of this study was to gather information on nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly residents of NHs in Tehran, Iran.

Depression, prevalence and some risk factors in elderly nursing homes in tehran, iran.

Background: The most common geriatric psychiatric disorder is depression, known to be a multi factorial disorder. However, the influence of common preventable factors is yet to be discovered. This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of depression and some possible risk factors in elderly residents of nursing homes in Iran.

Weight increase in patients with dementia, and alteration in meal routines and meal environment after integrity promoting care.

Aims: To follow weight changes in patients with moderate and severe dementia and analyse how these changes related to biological and psychological parameters after staff education and support in integrity promoting care. A further aim was to describe meal environment and routines relative to the intervention.

Background: Weight loss in patients with dementia and in particular Alzheimer's disease is common.

Neurochemical aftermath of amateur boxing.

Background: Little solid information is available on the possible risks for neuronal injury in amateur boxing.

Objective: To determine whether amateur boxing and severity of hits are associated with elevated levels of biochemical markers for neuronal injury in cerebrospinal fluid.

Design: Longitudinal study.

Depressive symptoms and white matter changes in patients with dementia.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate if depressive symptoms in demented patients are associated with white matter changes (WMCs) in the brain.

Background: WMCs are frequently found in patients with dementia, as well as among elderly nondemented patients with depressive symptoms. However, it is less established whether or not WMCs are related to depressive symptoms in demented patients.

The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 is a sensitive case-finder of clinically important depressive states in elderly people in primary care.

Objective: No depression rating scale has yet been designed to identify all clinically important depressive states in elderly. Therefore, this study investigated the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25), a self-rating scale for depression, to see if it was a sensitive indicator of major, minor and subsyndromal depression.

Methods: Structured interviews of 37 people with a high depressive score and an age and sex matched control group comprised of 37 persons with a low depressive score in HSCL-25, in order to compare the HSCL-25 ratings with the Montgomery-Asberg-Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) as well as with the criteria for major, minor and subsyndromal depression.

Deceased, disabled or depressed--a population-based 6-year follow-up study of elderly people with depression.

The prognosis of depression in elderly people is reported as poor, with high mortality and high rate of non-recovery. The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome after 6 years in a broader perspective. In addition to the risk of dying, we also estimated the risk of moving to long-term care, and having a depression in a re-screening event after 6 years.

Alzheimer disease - effect of continuous intracerebroventricular treatment with GM1 ganglioside and a systematic activation programme.

Five patients with the early-onset form of Alzheimer disease (AD) received GM1 ganglioside by continuous injection into the frontal horns of the lateral ventricles for a period of 12 months. The optimal GM1 dose varied between 20 and 30 mg/24 h. The patients were trained twice a week for 4-5 h with an individually designed cognitive programme, which included the use of a word processor.