Dementia

"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.

Descriptor ID	D003704
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
Concept/Terms	Dementia Dementia Dementias Amentia Amentias Senile Paranoid Dementia Senile Paranoid Dementia Dementias, Senile Paranoid Paranoid Dementia, Senile Paranoid Dementias, Senile Senile Paranoid Dementias Familial Dementia Familial Dementia Dementia, Familial Dementias, Familial Familial Dementias

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Dementia [F03.615.400]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 217 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	3	3	6
1998	2	2	4
1999	3	0	3
2000	4	0	4
2001	2	0	2
2002	2	0	2
2003	4	1	5
2004	3	0	3
2005	1	0	1
2006	6	2	8
2007	7	0	7
2008	10	5	15
2009	9	2	11
2010	10	2	12
2011	2	0	2
2012	5	2	7
2013	7	0	7
2014	2	1	3
2015	4	4	8
2016	11	0	11
2017	6	2	8
2018	9	0	9
2019	11	1	12
2020	13	1	14
2021	10	0	10
2022	13	0	13
2023	12	1	13
2024	15	1	16
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.

Stulberg EL, Chou LN, Gore S, Conroy MB, Majersik JJ, Hunzinger KJ, LaPoint A, Kaur Sandhu M, Schneider ALC, Kumar A. Associations of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity With Dementia, Anxiety, and Depression Among Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 06; 73(6):1870-1876.

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Wong CM, Como DH, Lekovitch C, Chew F, Leland NE. Nursing Home Staff Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Providing Dementia Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 02; 26(2):105411.

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Coates MC, McClure LA, Vader D, Finley M, Sefcik JS, Gitlin LN, DiMaria-Ghalili RA. Impact of Polypharmacy on Symptoms and Health Outcomes in Older Adults With and Without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Biol Res Nurs. 2025 Jan; 27(1):47-59.

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Baker ZG, Han S, Sefcik JS, Petrovsky DV, Ma KPK, Smith ML, Bacsu JR, Rahemi Z, Saenz J. Mapping the Landscape of Those Left Behind When a Person With Dementia Dies: Roles of Race and Ethnicity. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2024 Oct-Dec 01; 38(4):332-337.

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Cho H, Sefcik JS, Washington K, Parker Oliver D, Demiris G. Exploring Social Support Experiences of Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia in Hospice Care. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 01; 44(1):62-69.

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Urdang ZD, Jain A, Li M, Haupt TL, Wilcox TO, Chiffer RC, Gurgel RK. Conductive Hearing Loss Associates With Dementia, and Middle Ear Reconstruction Mitigates This Association: A Multinational Database Study. Otol Neurotol. 2024 10 01; 45(9):1078-1086.

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Bae-Shaaw YH, Sood N, Shier V, Chew F, Como DH, Wong CM, Piersol CV, Lekovitch C, Strobel ML, Leland NE. Comparison of Team-Based and Problem-Based Approaches to Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and Their Effects on Resident Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 10; 25(10):105217.

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Shier V, Bae-Shaaw YH, Sood N, Chew F, Wong CM, Como DH, Piersol CV, Lekovitch C, Morris M, Leland NE. A Cluster Randomized Trial: Mixed Methods Comparison of 2 Approaches to Promote Nonpharmacologic, Resident-Centered Dementia Care in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 10; 25(10):105216.

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Gitlin LN, Cigliana J, Krauss MJ, Jacobsen HA, Piersol CV. Acceptability and Effectiveness of a Dementia-Care Program Delivered by Community-Based Agency Staff. Gerontologist. 2024 08 01; 64(8).

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Como DH, Lekovitch C, Wong CM, Chew F, Bieber DC, Leland NE. Perspectives of Nursing Home Staff: Application of Dementia Training Approaches. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 01; 44(1):156-165.

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