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Maria Soto
Researcher at University of Toulouse
Publications - 82
Citations - 4491
Maria Soto is an academic researcher from University of Toulouse. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Long-term care. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 79 publications receiving 3851 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Soto include French Institute of Health and Medical Research & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse.
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Overview of the MNA--Its history and challenges.
Bruno Vellas,H. Villars,G. Abellan,Maria Soto,Yves Rolland,Yves Guigoz,John E. Morley,Wm. Cameron Chumlea,Antoni Salvà,Laurence Z. Rubenstein,P. J. Garry +10 more
TL;DR: The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a simple tool, useful in clinical practice to measure nutritional status in elderly persons and has been shown to be useful for nutritional intervention follow-up as well.
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Cognitive frailty: Rational and definition from an (I.A.N.A./I.A.G.G.) International Consensus Group
Eirini Kelaiditi,Matteo Cesari,Matteo Cesari,Marco Canevelli,G. Abellan Van Kan,P.J. Ousset,Sophie Gillette-Guyonnet,Patrick Ritz,F. Duveau,Maria Soto,Véronique Provencher,Fati Nourhashemi,Antoni Salvà,Philippe Robert,S. Andrieu,Yves Rolland,Jacques Touchon,Jaime Fitten,Bruno Vellas,Bruno Vellas +19 more
TL;DR: The present report provides the first definition of a “Cognitive Frailty” condition in older adults and proposes the use of multidomain interventions focused on the physical, nutritional, cognitive and psychological domains for improving the well-being and quality of life in the elderly.
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The Assessment of Frailty in Older Adults
Gabor Abellan van Kan,Yves Rolland,Mathieu Houles,Sophie Gillette-Guyonnet,Maria Soto,Bruno Vellas +5 more
TL;DR: The evaluation of gaitspeed over a short distance emerges from the literature as a tool with the capacity to identify frail older adults, and slow gait speed has been proven to be a strong predictor for frailty-adverse outcomes.
Mapt study: a multidomain approach for preventing alzheimer’s disease: design and baseline data
Bruno Vellas,Isabelle Carrié,Sophie Gillette-Guyonnet,Jacques Touchon,Thierry Dantoine,J. F. Dartigues,M.-N. Cuffi,Serge Bordes,Yannick Gasnier,P. Robert,Lawrence Bories,Olivier Rouaud,Françoise Desclaux,Kristelle Sudres,Marc Bonnefoy,Alain Pesce,Carole Dufouil,Stéphane Lehéricy,Marie Chupin,Jean-François Mangin,Pierre Payoux,D. Adel,Philippe Legrand,D Catheline,C Kanony,M. Zaim,Laurent Molinier,Nadège Costa,J. Delrieu,Thierry Voisin,Catherine Faisant,Françoise Lala,Fati Nourhashemi,Yves Rolland,G. Abellan Van Kan,Charlotte Dupuy,Christelle Cantet,P Cestac,Sylvie Belleville,Sherry L. Willis,Matteo Cesari,M. Weiner,Maria Soto,Pierre-Jean Ousset,Sandrine Andrieu +44 more
TL;DR: The MAPT trial is presently the first largest and longest multidomain preventive trial relevant to cognitive decline in older adults with subjective memory complaints and is likely to be easily implemented within the general population.
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Reasons for Institutionalization of People With Dementia: Informal Caregiver Reports From 8 European Countries
Basema Afram,Astrid Stephan,Hilde Verbeek,Michel H. C. Bleijlevens,Riitta Suhonen,Caroline Sutcliffe,Katrin Raamat,Esther Cabrera,Maria Soto,Ingalill Rahm Hallberg,Gabriele Meyer,Gabriele Meyer,Jan P.H. Hamers +12 more
TL;DR: No one-size-fits-all approach can be offered to guide informal caregivers when facing the possibility of institutionalization of the person with dementia, because of a wide variation in reasons between countries.