Younger-Onset Dementia: Improving Patient and Care Outcomes Through Advancements in Diagnosis and the Identificaiton of Genetic and Environmental Factors Which Influence Outcomes

Grant number: 1138968 | Funding period: 2018 - 2022

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Abstract

This project aims to fully characterise symptoms of YOD and correlate these with existing and novel investigations. Carers' needs,including their psychiatric symptoms and burden will also be studied. Guidelines can be developed to assist primary care and other services to improve their ability to recognise early symptoms so they can refer patients for appropriate assessment in a timely manner, thus reducing diagnostic delay and ultimately benefiting patients and carers

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Survival in Huntington’s disease and other young-onset dementias

SM Loi, P Tsoukra, E Sun, Z Chen, P Wibawa, MD Biase, S Farrand, D Eratne, W Kelso, A Evans, M Walterfang, D Velakoulis

2023-04-01

Objectives: To compare survival and risk factors associated with mortality in common young-onset dementias (YOD) including Hunting..

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Clinico-demographics of people with younger-onset dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms referred to an Australian dementia support service: A comparison study with older-onset dementia

SM Loi, M Atee, T Morris, D Whiting, S Macfarlane, C Cunningham, D Velakoulis

2022-12-01

Objective: Younger-onset dementia accounts for about 5–10% of all dementias in Australia. Little data is available on neuropsychia..

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Huntington's disease: Mortality and risk factors in an Australian cohort

Emily Sun, Matthew Kang, Pierre Wibawa, Vivian Tsoukra, Zhibin Chen, Sarah Farrand, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi

2022-11-15

Introduction: There has not been any examination of the risk factors associated with mortality in Huntington's Disease (HD) in an ..

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Mortality in dementia is predicted by older age of onset and cognitive presentation

SM Loi, P Tsoukra, Z Chen, P Wibawa, T Mijuskovic, D Eratne, MA Di Biase, A Evans, S Farrand, W Kelso, AMY Goh, M Walterfang, D Velakoulis

2022-07-01

Objectives: Survival information in dementia is important for future planning and service provision. There have been limited Austr..

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A 10 year retrospective cohort study of inpatients with younger-onset dementia

SM Loi, D Eratne, AMY Goh, P Wibawa, S Farrand, W Kelso, A Evans, R Watson, M Walterfang, D Velakoulis

2021-02-01

Objectives: Younger-onset dementia (YOD) refers to a dementia where symptom onset occurs when the patient is less than 65 years of..

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