Jerson Laks

Biographic Data

ID1763317
NAMEJerson Laks
GIVEN NAMESJerson
FAMILY NAMELaks
SIGNATURELAKS J
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
ORCID0000-0002-5129-9087
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Insights and recommendations for working collaboratively and improving care in Alzheimer's disease

    Open AccessJannice Roeser, Nikki Bayliss et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    BACKGROUND: Collaborations between patient organisations (POs) and the pharmaceutical industry can help identify and address the unmet needs of people living with a disease. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the scale and complexity of the current unmet needs call for a broad and cross-sectoral collaboration, including people living with Alzheimer's (PLWA), their care partners and the wider research community. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe l…

  • A Cross-National Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory

    Open AccessHelge Molde, Inger Hilde Nordhus et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2019References: 2

    Although several items demonstrated relatively weak common variance with the general factor, the unidimensional structure remained strong even with these items retained. Thus, it is recommended that the GAI be administered using all items

  • Considerações sobre a Casp-19 no Brasil

    Open AccessFabia Lima, Kátia Patribu et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Cited by: 1References: 4

    superior a 65 anos e pertencentes s classes sociais alta, mdia e baixa renda 2

  • Elevated Glutamate and Glutamine Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Probable Alzheimer's Disease and Depression

    Open AccessCaroline Madeira, Charles Vargas-Lopes et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2018

    Recent evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression share common mechanisms of pathogenesis. In particular, deregulation of glutamate-mediated excitatory signaling may play a role in brain dysfunction in both AD and depression. We have investigated levels of glutamate and its precursor glutamine in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with a diagnosis of probable AD or major depression compared to healthy controls and patie…

  • Social Participation and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese

    Open AccessSatoru Kanamori, Yuko Kai et al.EDITORARTICLEPLoS ONE2014

    BACKGROUND: We examined the relationship between incident functional disability and social participation from the perspective of number of types of organizations participated in and type of social participation in a prospective cohort study. METHOD: The study was based on the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES) Cohort Study data. We followed 13,310 individuals aged 65 years or older for 4 years. Analysis was carried out on 12,951 subject…

  • Psychological Distress and Coping amongst Higher Education Students

    Open AccessChristine Deasy, Barry Coughlan et al.EDITORARTICLEPLoS ONE2014

    BACKGROUND: Psychological distress among higher education students is of global concern. Students on programmes with practicum components such as nursing and teacher education are exposed to additional stressors which may further increase their risk for psychological distress. The ways in which these students cope with distress has potential consequences for their health and academic performance. An in-depth understanding of how nursing/midwifery…

  • Education and Dementia in the Context of the Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis

    Open AccessXiangfei Meng, Carl D’arcy et al.EDITORARTICLEPLoS ONE2012

  • Saúde mental do idoso no Brasil

    Open AccessEvandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Jerson LaksARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012

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  • Tobacco use among the elderly

    Open AccessValeska Marinho, Jerson Laks et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2010

    The aim of this study was to combine the results of identified surveys on the prevalence of tobacco use in old age to estimate world prevalence of tobacco use and possible factors related to such behavior among the elderly. The literature search included electronic databases such as MEDLINE, LILACS, and Biological Abstracts, hand-searching of specialist journals and cited reference searches. The combined global prevalence was estimated using the …

  • Cambridge Cognitive Examination

    Open AccessIrene De Freitas Henriques Moreira, Rafael A Lourenço et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2009References: 29

    This study aimed to estimate the quartile distribution on the cognitive assessment of normal elderly with low education as measured by the Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG). A sample of 292 elderly (> 65 years of age), screened for dementia and depression, were assessed using the CAMCOG. The CAMCOG scores of normal subjects (n = 206) were stratified according to age (65-69, 70-74, 75-79, > 80) and schooling (illiterate, 1-4, and > 5 years …

  • Mini-Mental State Examination norms in a community-dwelling sample of elderly with low schooling in Brazil

    Open AccessJerson Laks, Elienai Maria Rubim Baptista et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2007Cited by: 3References: 20

    The objective of this study was to assess Mini-Mental State Examination norms of a functionally normal sample of community-dwelling elderly. Illiterate and low-educated subjects who scored less than 5 on the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ) [n = 397; female = 269; mean age = 72.15 (SD = 7.24) years] had the 5th, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles calculated according to age (65-74; 75-84 years). Overall MMSE score was 21.97 (SD = …