Publications by authors named "Monique Boord"
The adoption of technology, particularly for monitoring the effects of medications in residential aged care (nursing home), has been slow. Ageing populations have led to increased demand for residential aged care globally, resulting in a growing imperative to implement technological solutions to meet the complex healthcare and medication needs of older people in residential aged care. This commentary explores the potential for and the challenges associated with implementing technological interventions within residential aged care to improve monitoring of medication effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelirium is a common and acute neurocognitive disorder in older adults associated with increased risk of dementia and death. Understanding the interaction between brain vulnerability and acute stressors is key to delirium pathophysiology, but the neurophysiology of delirium vulnerability is not well defined. This study aimed to identify pre-operative resting-state EEG and event-related potential markers of incident delirium and its subtypes in older adults undergoing elective cardiac procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This feasibility study aims to develop and test a new model of practice in Australia using digital technologies to enable pharmacists to monitor early signs and symptoms of medicine-induced harms in residential aged care.
Methods And Analysis: Thirty residents will be recruited from an aged care facility in South Australia. The study will be conducted in two phases.
Background: Delirium is a common neurocognitive disorder in hospitalised older adults with vast negative consequences. The predominant method of subtyping delirium is by motor activity profile into hypoactive, hyperactive and mixed groups.
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated how predisposing factors differ between delirium motor subtypes.
Introduction: Delirium is a neurocognitive disorder common in older adults in acute care settings. Those who develop delirium are at an increased risk of dementia, cognitive decline and death. Electroencephalography (EEG) during delirium in older adults is characterised by slowing and reduced functional connectivity, but markers of vulnerability are poorly described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelirium is a common neurocognitive disorder in hospitalised older adults with substantial negative consequences. Impaired global cognition is a well-established delirium risk factor. However, poor performance on attention tests and higher intra-subject variability may be more sensitive delirium risk factors, given the disorder is characterised by a fluctuating course and attentional deficits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelirium is a common neurocognitive disorder in hospital settings, characterised by fluctuating impairments in attention and arousal following an acute precipitant. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a useful method to understand delirium pathophysiology. We performed a systematic review to investigate associations between delirium and EEG measures recorded prior, during, and after delirium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cognitive impairments, including delirium, are common after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, as described in over three decades of research. Our aim was to pool estimates across the literature for the first-time, relative to time (from pre- to post-CABG) and diagnosis (cognitive impairment, delirium and dementia).
Methods: A systematic search of four databases was undertaken.