Diabetes and cognitive impairment

Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment

Dr. José A. Luchsinger is Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Dr. Christopher Ryan is Director, Human Research Protection Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Lenore J. Launer is Senior Investigator and Chief, Neuroepidemiology Section, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National ...

Relationship Between Caregiver Burden and Cognitive Impairment in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Introduction: Caregivers play a critical role in health management of patients with chronic diseases. Caregiving is associated with experiencing different emotional and psychological problems. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between caregiver burden and cognitive function in adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional stud...

A Review on Relationship between Type II Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment

The association between diabetes and cognitive impairment is controversial. This systematic review examines the relationship of Cognitive Impairment in people with diabetes mellitus. The incidence of “Cognitive Impairment” was higher in individuals with diabetes than in those without diabetes in nine of ten studies reporting this aggregate outcome. These findings showed an associated between ty...

Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment.

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for Alzheimer disease and is more prevalent in elderly minority persons compared with non-Hispanic white persons. OBJECTIVE To determine whether diabetes is related to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transitional stage between normal cognition and Alzheimer disease, in a multiethnic cohort with a high prevalen...

Cognitive impairment and dementia in Type 2 diabetes