What Could Be the Main Levers to Promote a Timely Diagnosis of Neurocognitive Disorders?

Background: Neurocognitive disorders (NCD) are a growing health issue and the importance of diagnosis is still debated despite the benefits of making a diagnosis appearing to be greater than the risks.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore the perception of the main benefits and risks to perform a diagnosis workup of NCD in a population of general practitioners (GPs), specialized physicians (SPs), other healthcare professionals (OHPs), and informal caregivers (ICs), and to identify the lowest perceived benefits and the highest perceived risks that could be levers to promote a diagnosis of NCD.

Methods: A standardized questionnaire was submitted to GPs, SPs, OHPs, and ICs aiming to evaluate the importance of eight benefits and eight risks related to NCD diagnosis (selected from the literature) for four prototypical clinical cases at different stages of the disease: subjective cognitive impairment/mild NCD, major NCD at mild/moderate stage, moderate stage with behavioral and psychotic symptoms, and severe stage.

Immediate Benefit of Art on Pain and Well-Being in Community-Dwelling Patients with Mild Alzheimer's.

Objective: The present report aims to evaluate whether singing intervention can bring an immediate benefit that is greater than the one provided by painting intervention on pain and well-being.

Methods: Fifty-nine mild patients with Alzheimer disease were randomized to a 12-week singing (n = 31) or painting group (n = 28). In the present analysis, the immediate evolution of pain and well-being was compared across sessions between the 2 groups using mixed-effects models.

Perception of Benefits and Risks of Neurocognitive Disorders Diagnosis: A French National Survey.

Background: Neurocognitive disorders (NCD) are underdiagnosed in primary care, mainly because of the misunderstanding of benefits associated with timely diagnosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the benefits and risks of diagnosis in a population of general practitioners (GPs), specialized physicians (SPs), other healthcare professionals (HPs), and informal caregivers (ICs).

Methods: A questionnaire was submitted to GPs, SPs, HPs.

Personality Modulates the Efficacy of Art Intervention on Chronic Pain in a Population of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) mainly occurs in elderly individuals. Comorbidities and chronic pain are frequent in this population. Previous studies revealed that personality modulates both chronic pain (CP) andADoccurrence and evolution.

Predictors of Discharge Destinations and Three-Month Evolution of Patients Initially Hospitalized in a Cognitive Behavioral Unit.

Background: Previous studies showed that a third of patients living at home entered an institution after hospitalization in Cognitive and Behavioral Units (CBUs).

Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify predictors of discharge destination for these patients. The secondary objective was to estimate whether institutionalization can have an impact on a patient's long-term prognosis.

Can Musical or Painting Interventions Improve Chronic Pain, Mood, Quality of Life, and Cognition in Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Among non-pharmacological therapies, musical intervention is often used for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and patients presenting chronic pain. However, their efficacy is still under debate.

Objective: Our aim was to determine the efficacy of choral singing versus painting sessions on chronic pain, mood, quality of life, and cognition in AD patients.

Cognitive and imaging markers in non-demented subjects attending a memory clinic: study design and baseline findings of the MEMENTO cohort.

Background: The natural history and disease mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) are still poorly understood. Very few resources are available to scrutinise patients as early as needed and to use integrative approaches combining standardised, repeated clinical investigations and cutting-edge biomarker measurements.

Methods: In the nationwide French MEMENTO cohort study, participants were recruited in memory clinics and screened for either isolated subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI; defined as test performance 1.

One-Year Evolution of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Patients Initially Hospitalized in Cognitive Behavioral Units: The EVITAL Prospective Cohort.

Background: The 2008-2012 French Alzheimer's Plan has provided hospital Cognitive and Behavioral Units (CBU) to improve the management of patients with productive behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Little is known concerning the behavioral outcome of these patients after discharge.

Objective: The present study investigated the long-term evolution of BPSD over one year after CBU discharge.

[Impact of occupational therapy on the experience of carers].

A study was carried out in 2014 and 2015 analysing the effects of occupational therapy on the carers of patients with Alzheimer's disease or related conditions. The level of "burden" felt by carers was measured before and after this therapy. The results show a real improvement in the quality of their daily life.

[Role of personality, familial environment, and severity of the disease on the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia].

The phenomenology of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) occurring in the Alzheimer's disease and related syndromes remains not well known. The goal of this study was to assess the role of disorders of personality, psychiatric disorders and home environment in the occurence of the BPSD; 99 inpatients from a short-term Alzheimer unit were included in the study. BPSD were assessed by the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory, the severity of dementia by the MMSE.