background: because of well-established role of obesity in brain lesions, progressing cognitive deficits in obese patients has been recently suggested. in current study and for the first time, we aimed to assess cognition status in iranian obese people and to compare it with non-obese individuals. methods: one hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with the different cardiovascular and metab...

The primary aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and stability over time of a cognitive rehabilitation protocol (restorative and compensatory approach) in HIV/AIDS patients with HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). At baseline, 32 HIV/AIDS patients (16 with and 16 without HAND) were assessed with a neuropsychological battery (i.e., pre-assessment) consisting of 22 tes...

Introduction: The elders need proper medical and psychiatric care and attention, so choosing a suitable therapeutic approach for their psychological care, especially in those with cognitive impairment, will be effective in improving psychological symptoms and their health. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on agitation, apathy and cognitive fun...

background and purpose: the increased risk for cognitive defects in individuals affected by metabolic syndrome especially in those patients with cardiovascular disorders is now claimed. we aimed to assess the relationship between cognitive performance and the various components of metabolic syndrome. methods: one hundred and eighteen consecutive individuals aged 30 to 86 years were included int...

BACKGROUND Many types of research on dementia and cognitive impairment require large sample sizes. Detailed in-person assessment using batteries of neuropyschologic testing is expensive. This study evaluates whether a brief telephone cognitive assessment strategy can reliably classify cognitive status when compared to an in-person "gold-standard" clinical assessment. METHODS The gold standard...

No effective treatments are currently available to tackle Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet there seems to be a growing consensus in support to prevention initiatives [1-4]. This poses important challenges to the scientific community as prevention entails at least two targets, early detection and effective treatments neither of which meets current needs. Regarding the latter target, recent failures...

Patients with brain dysfunction often experience restrictions in daily functioning, eithersocially or within their profession. Neuropsychological assessment is usually used to identifythe cognitive deficits that underlie this interference with daily life activities. However,the extent to which neuropsychological tests can be used to predict daily life functioningis moderate. To ...