Patient registries are valuable tools helping to address significant challenges in research,
care, and policy. Registries, well embedded in many fields of medicine and public health …

Abstract The Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB) is known as a
representative comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation tool in Korea since its first …

Background Comorbid medical diseases are highly prevalent in the geriatric population,
imposing hardship on healthcare services for demented individuals. Dementia also …

Background Women are subject to a disproportionate burden from Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and sex differences exist in treatment response and prognosis of the disease. Yet gender …

Background: Cerebral white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are prevalent incident findings
on brain MRI scans among elderly people and have been consistently implicated in …

Background: Personality may predispose family caregivers to experience caregiving
differently in similar situations and influence the outcomes of caregiving. A limited body of …

Abstract Background Neuropsychological tests (NPTs) are important tools for informing
diagnoses of cognitive impairment (CI). However, interpreting NPTs requires specialists and …

Background: Highly educated participants with normal cognition show lower incidence of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than poorly educated participants, whereas longitudinal studies …

In addition to cognitive impairment, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
(BPSD) are another important aspect of most dementia patients. This study was designed for …

Purpose Dementia is an important health issue in Korea due to its associated medical costs.
Our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of dementia in Korea by analyzing hospital …