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Elisa Aguirre

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Articles 39
Citations 684
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Psychiatry
Geriatrics
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Aimee Spector
Claudia Cooper
Martin Orrell
Rob Saunders
Joshua E J Buckman
Stephen Pilling
Natalie L Marchant
Zoe Hoare
Amber John
Josh Stott
Published In
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
Ageing Res Rev
Trials
BMJ Open
Dementia (London)
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Recent Articles
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Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia
Woods B, Rai H, Elliott E, Aguirre E, Orrell M, Spector A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev . 2025 Jan; 1():CD005562. PMID: 39804128
Background: Cognitive stimulation (CS) is an intervention for people with dementia offering a range of enjoyable activities providing general stimulation for thinking, concentration and memory, usually in a social setting,...
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Predictors of primary care psychological therapy outcomes for depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: evidence from national healthcare records in England
Bell G, El Baou C, Saunders R, Buckman J, Charlesworth G, Richards M, et al.
Br J Psychiatry . 2024 Feb; 224(6):205-212. PMID: 38328941
Background: Psychological therapies can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia (PLWD). However, factors associated with better therapy outcomes in PLWD are currently...
3.
Understanding the psychological therapy treatment outcomes for young adults who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), moderators of outcomes, and what might be done to improve them
Buckman J, Stott J, Main N, Antonie D, Singh S, Naqvi S, et al.
Psychol Med . 2023 Jul; 53(7):2808-2819. PMID: 37449486
Background: To determine: whether young adults (aged 18-24) not in education, employment or training (NEET) have different psychological treatment outcomes to other young adults; any socio-demographic or treatment-related moderators of...
4.
Group cognitive stimulation therapy versus usual care for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia (CST-IDD) in the UK: protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility randomised controlled trial
Ali A, Aguirre E, Carter J, Hoare S, Brackley K, Goulden N, et al.
BMJ Open . 2023 Apr; 13(4):e072391. PMID: 37116994
Introduction: The prevalence of dementia is almost five times higher in people with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population. However, evidence-based treatments for this population are lacking, as most...
5.
Psychological therapies for depression and cardiovascular risk: evidence from national healthcare records in England
El Baou C, Desai R, Cooper C, Marchant N, Pilling S, Richards M, et al.
Eur Heart J . 2023 Apr; 44(18):1650-1662. PMID: 37072130
Aims: People with depression are up to 72% more at risk to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) in their lifetime. Evidence-based psychotherapies are first-line interventions for the treatment of depression and...
6.
Associations between psychological intervention for anxiety disorders and risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study using national health-care records data in England
Stott J, Saunders R, Desai R, Bell G, Fearn C, Buckman J, et al.
Lancet Healthy Longev . 2022 Dec; 4(1):e12-e22. PMID: 36509102
Background: Meta-analyses support an association between anxiety in older adulthood and dementia. The aim of this study was to use routinely collected health data to test whether treatment of anxiety...
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Effectiveness of primary care psychological therapy services for the treatment of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: Evidence from national healthcare records in England
Bell G, El Baou C, Saunders R, Buckman J, Charlesworth G, Richards M, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2022 Oct; 52:101692. PMID: 36313148
Background: Depression and anxiety are common and deleterious in people living with dementia (PLWD). It is currently unknown whether routinely provided psychological therapy can help reduce these symptoms in PLWD....
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Associations between psychological therapy outcomes for depression and incidence of dementia
John A, Saunders R, Desai R, Bell G, Fearn C, Buckman J, et al.
Psychol Med . 2022 Sep; 53(11):4869-4879. PMID: 36106698
Background: Depression is an important, potentially modifiable dementia risk factor. However, it is not known whether effective treatment of depression through psychological therapies is associated with reduced dementia incidence. The...
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The Feasibility of a Mindfulness Intervention for Depression in People with Mild Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Noone D, Payne J, Stott J, Aguirre E, Patel-Palfreman M, Stoner C, et al.
Clin Gerontol . 2022 Jul; 46(3):346-358. PMID: 35818787
Objectives: This preliminary study aimed to establish the feasibility of running an adapted Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) intervention for people with mild dementia and depression. It also aimed to...
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Salivary cortisol in longitudinal associations between affective symptoms and midlife cognitive function: A British birth cohort study
John A, Desai R, Saunders R, Buckman J, Brown B, Nurock S, et al.
J Psychiatr Res . 2022 May; 151:217-224. PMID: 35500449
Affective disorders are associated with accelerated cognitive ageing. However, current understanding of biological mechanisms which underlie these observed associations is limited. The aim of this study was to test: 1)...