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| S M McCurrySummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Development and evaluation of a sleep education program for older adults with dementia living in adult family homesSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:494-504. 2012....- The cognitive abilities screening instrument (CASI): data from a cohort of 2524 cognitively intact elderlyS M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:882-8. 1999..To describe the effects of age and education for the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), a 25-item test of cognitive function... - Evidence-based psychological treatments for insomnia in older adultsSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 2053, USA
Psychol Aging 22:18-27. 2007..In particular, the classification of older adults as persons age 60 and older and the lack of rigorous consideration of medical comorbidities warrant discussion in the future... - Training caregivers to change the sleep hygiene practices of patients with dementia: the NITE-AD projectSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:1455-60. 2003..To examine the feasibility of training caregivers to implement sleep hygiene recommendations in dementia patients... - Older adults and functional decline: a cross-cultural comparisonSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98115 2053, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 14:161-79. 2002.... - Factors associated with concordance and variability of sleep quality in persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregiversSusan M McCurry
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 2053, USA
Sleep 31:741-8. 2008..To describe the day-to-day variation in sleep characteristics and the concordance between nighttime sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their family caregivers... - Treatment of sleep and nighttime disturbances in Alzheimer's disease: a behavior management approachSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, 9709 3rd Avenue N E, Suite 507, Seattle, WA 98115 2053, USA
Sleep Med 5:373-7. 2004..This article presents data from three cases enrolled in an ongoing study of sleep problems in community-dwelling Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients: nighttime insomnia treatment and education for Alzheimer's disease... - Factors associated with caregiver reports of sleep disturbances in persons with dementiaSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 2053, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:112-20. 2006.... - Increasing walking and bright light exposure to improve sleep in community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized, controlled trialSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1393-402. 2011..To test the effects of walking, light exposure, and a combination intervention (walking, light, and sleep education) on the sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - Nighttime insomnia treatment and education for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, controlled trialSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:793-802. 2005..To evaluate whether a comprehensive sleep education program (Nighttime Insomnia Treatment and Education for Alzheimer's Disease (NITE-AD)) could improve sleep in dementia patients living at home with their family caregivers... - Successful behavioral treatment for reported sleep problems in elderly caregivers of dementia patients: a controlled studyS M McCurry
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53:P122-9. 1998..Results suggest that behavioral techniques may well be a viable alternative to medication for sleep problems in aging caregivers... - Frequency of comorbid insomnia, pain, and depression in older adults with osteoarthritis: predictors of enrollment in a randomized treatment trialSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Psychosom Res 71:296-9. 2011.... - Sleep disturbances in caregivers of persons with dementia: contributing factors and treatment implicationsSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, 9709 3rd Avenue, NE, Ste 507 Seattle, WA 98115 2053, USA
Sleep Med Rev 11:143-53. 2007.... - Predictors of short- and long-term adherence to a daily walking program in persons with Alzheimer's diseaseSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, 98115, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 25:505-12. 2010..To examine factors associated with adherence to a walking program in community-dwelling individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - Exercise and activity level in Alzheimer's disease: a potential treatment focusL Teri
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7263, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 35:411-9. 1998..Further research is currently underway to determine the efficacy of this approach for reducing additional physical disability in these individuals... - Anxiety of Alzheimer's disease: prevalence, and comorbidityL Teri
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle 98195 7563, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 54:M348-52. 1999..However, the phenomenology of anxiety symptoms in AD and its relationship to dementia progression, comorbid depression, and the presence of other problematic behaviors have not yet been examined... - Postmenopausal estrogen and estrogen-progestin use and 2-year rate of cognitive change in a cohort of older Japanese American women: The Kame ProjectM M Rice
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:1641-9. 2000..Also uncertain is whether the proposed association varies between women taking unopposed estrogen and those taking estrogen combined with progestin... - Standardization of the clinical diagnosis of the dementia syndrome and its subtypes in a cross-national study: the Ni-Hon-Sea experienceE B Larson
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 53:M313-9. 1998..Exercises were conducted to evaluate the interobserver agreement on clinical diagnoses of dementia and dementia subtypes in a cross-national study of dementia prevalence and incidence rates in the United States and Japan... - Alcohol, aging, and cognitive performance: a cross-cultural comparisonGail E Bond
University of Washington, USA
J Aging Health 15:371-90. 2003..Longitudinal studies are needed to support the possible protective effects of alcohol on cognition and explore whether culture may modify this apparent benefit... - Exercise interventions for dementia and cognitive impairment: the Seattle ProtocolsL Teri
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 12:391-4. 2008.... - Ethnicity and cognitive performance among older African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Caucasians: the role of educationM F Shadlen
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:1371-8. 2001..African Americans scored lower (median 89 out of 100) than Japanese Americans (93) and Caucasians (94) on the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI). Education affected CA.. - Anxiety and Alzheimer's diseaseL Ferretti
Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Washington, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 14:52-8. 2001..Study findings support a high occurrence of anxiety in patients with dementia, and treatments for anxiety might therefore be helpful in reducing the psychiatric burden of AD... - Memory, thinking, and aging. What we know about what we knowL Teri
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195 6560, USA
West J Med 167:269-75. 1997..We conclude with a discussion of abnormal cognitive aging and review current research on risk factors and treatments of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses... - Wandering: a significant problem among community-residing individuals with Alzheimer's diseaseR G Logsdon
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53:P294-9. 1998..Based on this analysis, we recommend further evaluation and the development of possible treatment strategies that address the individual differences found among AD patients who wander... - Alcohol, aging, and cognitive performance in a cohort of Japanese Americans aged 65 and older: the Kame projectG E Bond
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7263, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 13:207-23. 2001..To investigate the effects of light to moderate alcohol consumption on cognitive performance... - Central auditory dysfunction in older persons with memory impairment or Alzheimer dementiaGeorge A Gates
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 134:771-7. 2008..To assess the effect of memory impairment on central auditory function... - Assessing quality of life in older adults with cognitive impairmentRebecca G Logsdon
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington 98195 8733, USA
Psychosom Med 64:510-9. 2002..It describes a new measure of quality of life in dementia, the QOL-AD, and examines the reliability and validity of patient and caregiver reports of patient quality of life... - Making physical activity accessible to older adults with memory loss: a feasibility studyRebecca G Logsdon
Northwest Research Group on Aging, University of Washington School of Nursing, Box 358733, Seattle, WA 98195 8733, USA
Gerontologist 49:S94-9. 2009..Memory aids, easy-to-follow instructions, and tracking forms to facilitate adherence and proper technique are provided to enhance exercise training and compensate for memory loss... - Midlife use of written Japanese and protection from late life dementiaPaul K Crane
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Epidemiology 20:766-74. 2009..We sought to test this hypothesis in analyses from a longitudinal study of Japanese-American men... - Use of spoken and written Japanese did not protect Japanese-American men from cognitive decline in late lifePaul K Crane
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:654-66. 2010..Mastering a complicated written language may be associated with additional reserve. We sought to determine if midlife use of spoken and written Japanese was associated with lower rates of late life cognitive decline... - Alcohol and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study of older Japanese Americans. The Kame ProjectGail E Bond
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7263, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 17:653-68. 2005..Recent data demonstrate that moderate consumption of alcohol (13-52 grams of ethanol per day) may be beneficial to cognitive functioning among older adults... - Early-stage memory loss support groups: outcomes from a randomized controlled clinical trialRebecca G Logsdon
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, 9709 3rd Avenue NE, Suite 507, Seattle, WA 98155 2053, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:691-7. 2010..This article describes results of a randomized controlled trial comparing a time-limited early-stage memory loss (ESML) support group program conducted by a local Alzheimer's Association chapter to a wait-list (WL) control condition... - Central auditory dysfunction as a harbinger of Alzheimer dementiaGeorge A Gates
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, P O Box 357923, Seattle, WA 98195 7923, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 137:390-5. 2011..To confirm that central auditory dysfunction (CAD) may be a precursor to the onset of Alzheimer dementia (AD)... - Similarities and differences in attitudes toward long-term care between Japanese Americans and Caucasian AmericansWayne C McCormick
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325 9th Avenue, Mail Stop 359755, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1149-55. 2002.... - Nonpharmacologic treatment of behavioral disturbance in dementiaLinda Teri
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, 9709 3rd Avenue NE, Suite 507, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
Med Clin North Am 86:641-56, viii. 2002..Because caregivers are essential informants and participants in patient care, we conclude by addressing the role of the caregiver in nonpharmacologic treatment... - Evidence-based psychological treatments for disruptive behaviors in individuals with dementiaRebecca G Logsdon
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA 98155 2053, USA
Psychol Aging 22:28-36. 2007.... - Training community consultants to help family members improve dementia care: a randomized controlled trialLinda Teri
School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, 98115 2053, USA
Gerontologist 45:802-11. 2005..We investigated whether community consultants could be trained to teach family caregivers a systematic behavioral approach for reducing mood and behavior problems in persons with Alzheimer's disease... - Exercise plus behavioral management in patients with Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trialLinda Teri
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
JAMA 290:2015-22. 2003..Exercise training for patients with Alzheimer disease combined with teaching caregivers how to manage behavioral problems may help decrease the frailty and behavioral impairment that are often prevalent in patients with Alzheimer disease... - Alcohol, gender, and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study comparing older Japanese and non-Hispanic white AmericansGail E Bond
University of Washington, Psychosocial and Community Health, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195 7263, USA
J Aging Health 16:615-40. 2004..Background: Recent data demonstrate that moderate consumption of alcohol may be beneficial to cognition... - Preliminary findings of the effects of comorbidities on a web-based intervention on self-reported blood sugar readings among adults age 60 and older with diabetesGail E Bond
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7263, USA
Telemed J E Health 12:707-10. 2006..Future research needs to further investigate the role comorbidities may play with the outcomes of Web-based interventions... - A home health care approach to exercise for persons with Alzheimer's diseaseRebecca G Logsdon
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Care Manag J 6:90-7. 2005..This article describes the RDAD program, discusses the role of home health providers in its delivery, and provides an example of its implementation... - Assessment of anxiety in dementia: an investigation into the association of different methods of measurementLaura E Gibbons
Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 19:202-8. 2006..Because of this, measures inadequately distinguish anxiety from depression in individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The measurement of anxiety in dementia needs additional refinement... - Efficacy of a self-management group intervention for elderly persons with chronic painMary Ersek
Pain Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Clin J Pain 19:156-67. 2003..To assess the efficacy of a self-management group intervention in improving physical functioning, mood, and pain among elderly persons with chronic pain, and to identify factors that may be associated with improvement... - Anxiety and nighttime behavioral disturbances. Awakenings in patients with Alzheimer's diseaseSusan M McCurry
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195-7263, USA
J Gerontol Nurs 30:12-20. 2004..They also reveal the importance of assessing anxiety as well as depression in the research and clinical care of patients with AD... - The effects of a web-based intervention on the physical outcomes associated with diabetes among adults age 60 and older: a randomized trialGail E Bond
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7263, USA
Diabetes Technol Ther 9:52-9. 2007..The emergence of the World Wide Web in the last decade has made it feasible for the Internet to be a vehicle for chronic disease management... - Managing sleep disturbances in adult family homes: recruitment and implementation of a behavioral treatment programSusan M McCurry
Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA
Geriatr Nurs 30:36-44. 2009.... - Performance on the CERAD neuropsychology battery of two samples of Japanese-American elders: norms for persons with and without dementiaGerda G Fillenbaum
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:192-201. 2005..This battery is useful for comparative epidemiological studies of dementia in minority populations...
Research Grants
- TREATING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS IN DEMENTIASusan McCurry; Fiscal Year: 2003..This training mechanism will assist Dr. McCurry in making the transition to an independent investigator at the University of Washington, as well as a teacher and clinician in geriatric psychology. ..
- Behavioral Treatment of Nocturnal Disturbances in ADSusan McCurry; Fiscal Year: 2007..Secondary outcomes include caregiver sleep, patient daytime sleepiness and overall level of behavior problems, patient and caregiver mood and health, and patient residential status. ..
- Behavioral Treatment of Nocturnal Disturbances in ADSusan McCurry; Fiscal Year: 2009..Secondary outcomes include caregiver sleep, patient daytime sleepiness and overall level of behavior problems, patient and caregiver mood and health, and patient residential status. ..