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ArticleDementia & neuropsychologia

Daily functioning and dementia.

Gabriele Cipriani, Sabrina Danti, Lucia Picchi, Angelo Nuti, Mario Di Fiorino

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Article in Dementia & neuropsychologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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123citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

123 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriele CiprianiMD,Versilia Hospital, Neurology Unit, Lido di Camaiore (Lu), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6334-890X
Sabrina DantiPhD, Clinical and Health Psychology Unit, Hospital of Pontedera, Pontedera (PI), Italy.
Lucia PicchiPsyD, Clinical Psychology Unit, Hospital of Leghorn, Leghorn (LI), Italy.
Angelo NutiMD,Versilia Hospital, Neurology Unit, Lido di Camaiore (Lu), Italy.
Mario Di FiorinoMD, Versilia Hospital, Psychiatry Unit, Lido di Camaiore (Lu), Italy.
Ospedale Versilia · ITLipeck Ecology-Humanitarian Institute · RUPontifical Lateran University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person's ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning. It is consistently agreed that cognitive impairment is an important risk factor for developing functional disabilities in patients with dementia. Functional status can be conceptualized as the ability to perform self-care, self- maintenance and physical activity. A person with dementia usually requires help with more complex tasks, such as managing bills and finances, or simply maintaining a household. Good functional performance is fundamental for elderly people to maintain independency and avoid institutionalization. The purpose of this review is to describe functional changes in demented patients, evaluating the variability in subgroups of dementias.

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activities of daily living (ADLs)dementiafunctional abilitiesinstrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)

Identifiers

PMID32595877
PMCPMC7304278
OpenAlexW3035617301

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