[Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. A follow three or more years of a sample of patients].

Introduction: The rates of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease show variations due to various factors. AIM. To determine the influence of age, education, gender, activities of daily living (ADL) and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (IAChE) and memantine in the rhythm and rate of cognitive decline.

Demographically adjusted norms for Catalan older adults on the Stroop Color and Word Test.

The Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) is a short test that is widely used in neuropsychological assessment to evaluate the executive aspects of attention control, information processing speed, selective attention, cognitive flexibility, and executive function in terms of the ability to inhibit a usual response in favor of an unusual response. The aim of this study was to create normative data from the SCWT adjusted for age, sex, and educational level for its clinical use in a population of 55 years of age and above. The SCWT was administered to a population-based sample of 2,151 participants aged 55 or older, and the effect of sex, age, and educational level was determined in the SCWT by means of linear regression models.

[Feasibility of a telemedicine support system for diagnosing dementia in primary care].

Introduction: The Computerised Support System for the Diagnosis of Dementia in Primary Care (SISDDAP, in Spanish) is an asynchronous telemedicine programme that establishes protocols for the screening and diagnosis of dementia, thereby enabling primary care (PC) and specialised care (SC) professionals to reach shared diagnoses of dementia.

Aims: To determine the feasibility and degree of implementation of an asynchronous telemedicine programme and to evaluate the rate of agreement between the cognitive and functional measures taken by professionals from two different levels of healthcare.

Patients And Methods: The study examines the use of the SISDDAP programme by professionals from four basic areas of healthcare (BAH) in which the programme was introduced on a voluntary basis.

Depression subtypes and 5-year risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease in patients aged 70 years.

Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate several subtypes of depressive disorders as risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD) specifically.

Methods: This is a population-based cohort study using a sample of 451 non-demented older people. Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were calculated to determine the association of depression with dementia or AD development after 5 years.

Predictors of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment using the CAMCOG: a five-year follow-up.

Background: There are discrepant findings regarding which subscales of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG) are able to predict cognitive decline. The study aimed to identify the baseline CAMCOG subscales that can discriminate between patients and predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods: This was a five-year case-control study of patients with cognitive impairment and a control group.

Depression subtypes and 5-years risk of mortality in aged 70 years: a population-based cohort study.

Aims: To estimate the mortality risk related to different mood disorders in a geriatric sample of subjects aged 70 years and over without dementia.

Method: All non-demented subjects at baseline who participate on a second phase of a population-based cohort study were included. Adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the association between depression and 5-year survival of 451 elderly people without dementia originally recruited for a representative community dementia cohort study.

Prevalence of dementia and major dementia subtypes in Spanish populations: a reanalysis of dementia prevalence surveys, 1990-2008.

Background: This study describes the prevalence of dementia and major dementia subtypes in Spanish elderly.

Methods: We identified screening surveys, both published and unpublished, in Spanish populations, which fulfilled specific quality criteria and targeted prevalence of dementia in populations aged 70 years and above. Surveys covering 13 geographically different populations were selected (prevalence period: 1990-2008).

Mortality after a diagnosis of dementia in a population aged 75 and over in Spain.

Objectives: To examine the impact of incident dementia on the risk of death, taking into account other chronic illnesses potentially related to death.

Design: Six-year, prospective, two-phase, observational cohort study.

Setting: 8 municipalities from a rural area in Girona (Spain).

Incidence of dementia in a rural community in Spain: the Girona cohort study.

Background: Information on dementia incidence in Spanish populations is still scarce, and there is a dearth of prospective studies.

Objective: To estimate the incidence rates of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) in a population cohort aged 75 and over in a rural area in Spain.

Methods: A prospective population cohort study over a 5-year period in 8 rural villages in the province of Girona.