"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| 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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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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"How do You Take that Much Time for One Person's Life?" Experiences of Dementia Caregivers Who are Not Immediate Family. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Jan; 44(1):166-175.
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Capturing the perspectives of African American informal dementia caregivers: a phenomenological study. Ethn Health. 2024 Aug; 29(6):579-596.
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Proactive Care-Seeking Strategies Among Adults Aging Solo With Early Dementia: A Qualitative Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 05 01; 79(5).
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Evaluation of a Photo Captioning Cognitive Empathy Intervention for Dementia Caregivers. Clin Gerontol. 2024 Oct-Dec; 47(5):832-845.
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Barriers to Community Service Use Among Persons With Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Focus on Consumers of a Novel Statewide Dementia Care Program. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 05; 43(5):612-622.
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"Just Join Them": Improv and Dementia Care. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 03; 43(3):302-309.
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Vascular mechanisms leading to progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia after COVID-19: Protocol and methodology of a prospective longitudinal observational study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0289508.
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Neuraxial versus general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery and the incidence of postoperative delirium: a systematic review and stratified meta-analysis. BMC Anesthesiol. 2023 07 22; 23(1):250.
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Understanding Capacity and Optimizing Meaningful Engagement among Persons Living with Dementia. Dementia (London). 2023 May; 22(4):854-874.
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Dissemination of a successful dementia care program: Lessons to facilitate spread of innovations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 09; 70(9):2686-2694.