Barbara Caracciolo
Aging Research Center (ARC) Fax: + 46 8 690 68 89 E-mail: barbara.caracciolo@ki.se |
Barbara Caracciolo has a background in both psychology (BA, MSc) and epidemiology (MSc). She specialized in aging research with a PhD on the epidemiology of cognitive impairment. Her PhD thesis was entitled "Cognitive Impairment in the nondemented elderly: occurrence, risk factors, progression". Barbara is currently employed as a post-doc researcher at the Aging Research Center and her main interest is non-dementia cognitive impairment. In particular, her aim is to evaluate the differential contribution of genetic, psychiatric, psychosocial, and somatic factors to the development and progression of objective and subjective cognitive impairment (CIND and SCI).
Caracciolo B, Bäckman L, Monastero R, Winblad B, Fratiglioni L. The symptom of low mood in the prodromal stage of mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a cohort study of a community dwelling elderly population. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; ePub 6th January 2011.
Xu W, Caracciolo B, Wang HX, et al. Accelerated progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia in people with diabetes. Diabetes 2010;59:2928-2935.
Kiejna A, Frydecka D, Adamowski T, Bickel H, Reynish E, Prince M, Caracciolo B, Fratiglioni L, Georges J. Epidemiological studies of cognitive impairment and dementia across Eastern and Middle European countries (epidemiology of dementia in Eastern and Middle European Countries). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2011; 26:111-117.
Caracciolo B, Palmer K, Monastero R, Winblad B, Backman L, Fratiglioni L. Occurrence of cognitive impairment and dementia in the community: a 9-year-long prospective study. Neurology 2008; 70: 1778-1785.Giaquinto S, Spiridigliozzi C, Caracciolo B. Can faith protect from emotional distress after stroke? Stroke 2007; 38: 993-997.
Pero S, Incoccia C, Caracciolo B, Zoccolotti P, Formisano R. Rehabilitation of attention in two patients with traumatic brain injury by means of 'attention process training'. Brain Injury 2006; 20: 1207-1219.
Fratiglioni L, Caracciolo B, Palmer K. Variability of epidemiological measures in mild cognitive impairment and dementia [La variabilità delle stime epidemiologiche relative al Mild Cognitive Impairment e alle demenze]. Ann Ist Super Sanità, 2005; 41: 81-86.
Caracciolo B, Giaquinto. Self-perceived distress and self-perceived functional recovery after recent total hip and knee arthroplasty. Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2005; 41: 177-181.
Caracciolo B, Giaquinto. Determinants of the subjective functional outcome of total joint arthroplasty. Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2005; 41: 169-176.
Caracciolo B, Van Rijn A, Bonini S. Practice evidence to put evidence into practice. Allergy, 2004; 59: 1165-1167.
Caracciolo B, Giaquinto S. Criterion Validity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in a sample of rehabilitation inpatients. Scand J Rehab Med, 2002; 34:221-225.
Zoccolotti P and Caracciolo B. Psychometric characteristics of attention tests in neuropsychological practice. In Leclercq M. and Zimmermann P. (eds) Applied Neuropsychology of Attention: Theoretical, diagnosis and rehabilitation aspects, 2002; London, Psychology Press: 144-177.
Zoccolotti P, Caracciolo B, Pero S. Rehabilitation of attention. In Mazzucchi A. (ed) Neuropsychological rehabilitation [La riabilitazione neuropsicologica], 1999; Milan, Masson: 185-213.]