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| Patricia A BoyleSummaryAffiliation: Boston University Country: USA Publications
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Assessment and prediction of functional impairment in vascular dementiaPatricia A Boyle
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Alzheimer s Disease Center, 715 Albany St, B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 4:109-14. 2004..Also, the potential use of executive dysfunction as a marker for instrumental activities of daily living impairment is discussed and recommendations for clinical practice and future research are provided...- Executive dysfunction and apathy predict functional impairment in Alzheimer diseasePatricia A Boyle
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:214-21. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which executive cognitive dysfunction and frontally-mediated behavioral disturbances are associated with functional impairment in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (AD)... - Assessing and predicting functional impairment in Alzheimer's disease: the emerging role of frontal system dysfunctionPatricia A Boyle
Department of Neurology, Alzheimer s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 6:20-4. 2004..The emerging role of frontal system dysfunction as an important determinant of ADL impairment is discussed, and recommendations for clinical practice and future research are provided... - Executive impairments predict functional declines in vascular dementiaPatricia A Boyle
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Alzheimer s Disease Center, Boston, MA, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 18:75-82. 2004..These findings demonstrate that baseline executive dysfunction is a significant and powerful predictor of future functional decline in individuals with VaD... - Tests of executive function predict instrumental activities of daily living in community-dwelling older individualsDeborah A Cahn-Weiner
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Appl Neuropsychol 9:187-91. 2002..These findings suggest that different aspects of frontal and executive functions may be related to IADLs, depending on the type of assessment instrument used. Key words: activities of daily living, executive function, older adults.. - Cognitive and motor impairments predict functional declines in patients with vascular dementiaPatricia A Boyle
Department of Psychiatry, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:164-9. 2002..Patients with VaD display diverse cognitive and motor deficits, however, and relationships between these impairments and independent living abilities remain unclear... - Cognitive and neurologic predictors of functional impairment in vascular dementiaPatricia A Boyle
Department of Psychiatry, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:103-6. 2003..The purpose of this study is to investigate associations between executive dysfunction, neuroimaging findings, and functional impairment in patients with vascular dementia (VaD)... - Project CARE: a randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention group for Alzheimer's disease caregiversJudith G Gonyea
Boston University, School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, and Department of Psychology, Edith Norse Rogers Veterans Memorial Hospital, Bedford, USA
Gerontologist 46:827-32. 2006.... - The relationship of MRI subcortical hyperintensities to treatment response in a trial of sertraline in geriatric depressed outpatientsStephen Salloway
Department of Neurology, Butler Hospital Providence, RI 02906, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:107-11. 2002..The association between SH and antidepressant treatment response in depressed geriatric outpatients remains unclear and deserves further investigation... - Treating apathy in Alzheimer's diseasePatricia A Boyle
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 17:91-9. 2004..The potential benefits of other pharmacologic agents and combined pharmacologic-behavioral interventions are also discussed, and recommendations for future research are provided... - Subjective appraisal of Alzheimer's disease caregiving: the role of self-efficacy and depressive symptoms in the experience of burdenJudith G Gonyea
School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 20:273-80. 2005..These findings suggest that caregiver interventions aimed to reduce burden may benefit from the incorporation of specific strategies to increase self-efficacy and decrease depressive symptoms... - Physical activity and leg strength predict decline in mobility performance in older personsAron S Buchman
Alzheimer s Disease Center, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1618-23. 2007..To assess the extent to which physical activity and leg strength are associated with change in mobility in older persons... - Subcortical infarcts, Alzheimer's disease pathology, and memory function in older personsJulie A Schneider
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center and Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 600 South Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Ann Neurol 62:59-66. 2007..Examine the effects of subcortical infarcts with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology on dementia, episodic memory, and other cognitive abilities in older persons... - Olfactory identification and incidence of mild cognitive impairment in older ageRobert S Wilson
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S Paulina, Ste 1038, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:802-8. 2007..Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is often a precursor to Alzheimer disease, but knowledge about factors that predict its development is limited... - The diagnosis of neurological disorders in older adultsHoward N Garb
Pittsburgh Veterans Administration Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, 15206 1297, USA
Assessment 10:129-34. 2003..The results from this study indicate that age bias is not as serious a problem among neuropsychologists as many psychologists once believed... - Physical activity is associated with incident disability in community-based older personsPatricia A Boyle
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:195-201. 2007.... - Frailty is associated with incident Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline in the elderlyAron S Buchman
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Psychosom Med 69:483-9. 2007..To assess the association between frailty and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive decline. Frailty is common in older persons and associated with adverse health outcomes... - Grip strength and the risk of incident Alzheimer's diseaseAron S Buchman
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neuroepidemiology 29:66-73. 2007..Declining strength in old age is associated with an increased risk of AD...