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Sep YCP, Leeuwis AE, Exalto LG, Boomsma JM, Prins ND, Verwer JH, Scheltens P, van der Flier WM, Biessels GJ. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms as Predictor of Poor Clinical Outcome in Patients With Vascular Cognitive Impairment. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2022; 30:813-824. [PMID: 35082085 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Examine the association between neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and clinical outcome in memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury. DESIGN/SETTING TRACE-VCI prospective memory clinic cohort with follow-up (2.1 ± 0.5 years). PARTICIPANTS Five hundred and seventy-five memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury on MRI (i.e. possible Vascular Cognitive Impairment [VCI]). Severity of cognitive impairment ranged from no objective cognitive impairment to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. MEASUREMENTS We used Neuropsychiatric Inventory (total score and score on hyperactive, psychotic, affective, and apathetic behavior domains) to measure NPS. We assessed the association between NPS and institutionalization, mortality and cognitive deterioration (increase ≥0.5 on Clinical Dementia Rating scale) with Cox proportional hazards models and logistic regression analyses. RESULTS NPS were present in 89% of all patients, most commonly in the hyperactive and apathetic behavior domain. Across the whole cohort, affective behavior was associated with institutionalization (HR: 1.98 [1.01-3.87]), mainly driven by the dementia subgroup (HR: 2.06 [1.00-4.21]). Apathetic behavior was associated with mortality and cognitive deterioration (HR: 2.07 [1.10-3.90],OR: 1.67 [1.12-2.49], respectively), mainly driven by the MCI subgroup (HR: 4.93 [1.07-22.86],OR: 3.25 [1.46-7.24], respectively). Conversely, hyperactive behavior was related to lower mortality (HR: 0.54 [0.29-0.98]), again particularly driven by the MCI subgroup (HR:0.17 [0.04-0.75]). Psychotic behavior was associated with cognitive deterioration in patients with no objective cognitive impairment (OR: 3.10 [1.09-8.80]) and with institutionalization in MCI (HR: 12.45 [1.28-121.14]). CONCLUSION NPS are common and have prognostic value in memory clinic patients with possible VCI. This prognostic value depends on the severity of cognitive impairment.
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- Yoni C P Sep
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Boomsma JM, Exalto LG, Barkhof F, Chen CL, Hilal S, Leeuwis AE, Prins ND, Saridin FN, Scheltens P, Teunissen CE, Verwer JH, Weinstein HC, van der Flier WM, Biessels GJ. Prediction of poor clinical outcome in vascular cognitive impairment: TRACE-VCI study. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 2020; 12:e12077. [PMID: 32789162 PMCID: PMC7416669 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Prognostication in memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury (eg possible vascular cognitive impairment [VCI]) is often uncertain. We created a risk score to predict poor clinical outcome. METHODS Using data from two longitudinal cohorts of memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury without advanced dementia, we created (n = 707) and validated (n = 235) the risk score. Poor clinical outcome was defined as substantial cognitive decline (change of Clinical Dementia Rating ≥1 or institutionalization) or major vascular events or death. Twenty-four candidate predictors were evaluated using Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS Age, clinical syndrome diagnosis, Disability Assessment for Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and medial temporal lobe atrophy most strongly predicted poor outcome and constituted the risk score (C-statistic 0.71; validation cohort 0.78). Of note, none of the vascular predictors were retained in this model. The 2-year risk of poor outcome was 6.5% for the lowest (0-5) and 55.4% for the highest sum scores (10-13). DISCUSSION This is the first, validated, prediction score for 2-year clinical outcome of patients with possible VCI.
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- Jooske M.F. Boomsma
- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUMC Utrecht Brain CenterUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrecht UniversiteitUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Department of NeurologyOLVG WestAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUMC Utrecht Brain CenterUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrecht UniversiteitUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Institute of NeurologyUCLLondonUK
- Institute of Healthcare EngineeringUCLLondonUK
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- Department of PharmacologyNational University of SingaporeSingapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition CenterNational University Health SystemSingapore
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- Department of PharmacologyNational University of SingaporeSingapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition CenterNational University Health SystemSingapore
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- Alzheimer Center AmsterdamDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdam NeuroscienceVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center AmsterdamDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdam NeuroscienceVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of PharmacologyNational University of SingaporeSingapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition CenterNational University Health SystemSingapore
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- Alzheimer Center AmsterdamDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdam NeuroscienceVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical ChemistryAmsterdam NeuroscienceVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUMC Utrecht Brain CenterUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrecht UniversiteitUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center AmsterdamDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdam NeuroscienceVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of EpidemiologyVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUMC Utrecht Brain CenterUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrecht UniversiteitUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUMC Utrecht Brain CenterUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrecht UniversiteitUtrechtthe Netherlands
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Verwer JH, Reijmer YD, Koek HL, Biessels GJ. Reply to: Comment on Physical Performance in Memory Clinic Patients: The Potential Role of the White Matter Network. J Am Geriatr Soc 2019; 67:2666-2667. [PMID: 31520413 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jurre H Verwer
- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Geriatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Verwer JH, Reijmer YD, Koek HL, Biessels GJ. Physical Performance in Memory Clinic Patients: The Potential Role of the White Matter Network. J Am Geriatr Soc 2019; 67:1880-1887. [PMID: 31135061 PMCID: PMC6851861 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Memory clinic patients commonly also have declined physical performance. This may be attributable to white matter injury, due to vascular damage or neurodegeneration. Quantifying white matter injury is made possible by new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, including diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) of network connectivity. We investigated whether physical performance in memory clinic patients is related to white matter network connectivity. DESIGN Observational cross‐sectional study. SETTING Memory clinic. PARTICIPANTS Patients referred to a memory clinic with vascular brain injury on MRI (n = 90; average age = 72 years; 60% male; 34% with diagnosis Alzheimer disease). MEASUREMENTS We reconstructed structural brain networks from DWI with fiber tractography and used graph theory to calculate global efficiency, fractional anisotropy (FA), and mean diffusivity (MD) of the white matter, and nodal strength (mean FA or MD of all white matter tracts connected to a node). Assessment of physical performance included gait speed, chair stand time, and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score. RESULTS Lower global efficiency, lower FA, and higher MD correlated with poorer gait speed, SPPB scores, and chair stand times (R range = 0.23‐0.42). Global efficiency and FA explained 5% to 16% of the variance in gait speed, chair stand times, and SPPB scores, independent of age and sex. Moreover, global efficiency and FA explained an additional 4% to 5% of variance on top of lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensities. Regional analyses showed that, in particular, the connectivity strength of prefrontal, occipital, striatal, and thalamic nodes correlated with gait speed. CONCLUSION Poorer physical performance is related to disrupted white matter network connectivity in memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury. The associations of these network abnormalities are partially independent of visible vascular injury. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:1880–1887, 2019
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- Jurre H Verwer
- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Geriatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Ten Brink AF, Verwer JH, Biesbroek JM, Visser-Meily JMA, Nijboer TCW. Differences between left- and right-sided neglect revisited: A large cohort study across multiple domains. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2016; 39:707-723. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2016.1262333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Antonia F. Ten Brink
- Center of Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Science & Sports, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Excellence in Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Science & Sports, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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