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Birgitt Wiese is affiliated with Hannover Medical School in Germany. The primary focus of their research lies within the field of Medicine, with a substantial number of publications contributing to General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Their work addresses key topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Wiese has co-authored extensively with several researchers, among the most frequent collaborators are:

  • Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
  • Hans-Helmut König
  • Martin Scherer
  • Siegfried Weyerer
  • Michael Wagner

Their publications are often featured in reputable venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Quality of Life Research
  • Gerontology

Representative recent papers include:

  • Mild cognitive impairment and quality of life in the oldest old: a closer look, 2020, Quality of Life Research
  • A multidomain intervention against cognitive decline in an at-risk-population in Germany: Results from the cluster-randomized AgeWell.de trial, 2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Changes in Social Network Size Are Associated With Cognitive Changes in the Oldest-Old, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Prediction of dementia of Alzheimer type by different types of subjective cognitive decline, 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Quality indicators for the evaluation of end-of-life care in Germany - a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of statutory health insurance data, 2020, BMC Palliative Care

Best Publications

  • Age- and gender-specific prevalence of depression in latest-life – Systematic review and meta-analysis

    M. Luppa;C. Sikorski;T. Luck;L. Ehreke

  • Prediction of dementia by subjective memory impairment: effects of severity and temporal association with cognitive impairment.

    Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Cadja Bachmann;Sandra Eifflaender-Gorfer

  • AD dementia risk in late MCI, in early MCI, and in subjective memory impairment

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Steffen Wolfsgruber;Steffen Wolfsgruber;Birgitt Wiese;Horst Bickel

  • The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. first results from the multicare cohort study

    Ingmar Schäfer;Heike Hansen;Gerhard Schön;Susanne Höfels

  • Risk of dementia in elderly patients with the use of proton pump inhibitors

    Britta Haenisch;Britta Haenisch;Britta Haenisch;Klaus von Holt;Birgitt Wiese;Jana Prokein

  • Self-rated health in multimorbid older general practice patients: a cross-sectional study in Germany.

    Anna Nützel;Anne Dahlhaus;Angela Fuchs;Jochen Gensichen

  • Prevalence and risk factors for depression in non-demented primary care attenders aged 75 years and older.

    Siegfried Weyerer;Sandra Eifflaender-Gorfer;Leonore Köhler;Frank Jessen

  • Mild cognitive impairment in general practice: age-specific prevalence and correlate results from the German study on ageing, cognition and dementia in primary care patients (AgeCoDe).

    Tobias Luck;Steffi G. Riedel-Heller;Hanna Kaduszkiewicz;Horst Bickel

  • The essence of frailty: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis on frailty concepts and definitions

    Ulrike Junius-Walker;Graziano Onder;Dagmar Soleymani;Birgitt Wiese

  • Comorbidity of alcohol and substance dependence with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

    Martin D Ohlmeier;Karsten Peters;Bert T Te Wildt;Markus Zedler

  • Increase in detrusor wall thickness indicates bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men.

    Matthias Oelke;Klaus Höfner;Birgitt Wiese;Volker Grünewald

  • Longitudinal Predictors of Institutionalization in Old Age.

    André Hajek;Christian Brettschneider;Carolin Lange;Tina Posselt

  • Cognitive performance before and after the onset of subjective cognitive decline in old age

    Alexander Koppara;Michael Wagner;Michael Wagner;Carolin Lange;Annette Ernst

  • Prediction of Dementia in Primary Care Patients

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Horst Bickel;Sandra Eiffländer-Gorfer

  • Patterns of subjective memory impairment in the elderly: association with memory performance.

    Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Gabriela Cvetanovska;Angela Fuchs

  • Relative Impact of Multimorbid Chronic Conditions on Health-Related Quality of Life – Results from the MultiCare Cohort Study

    Christian Brettschneider;Hanna Leicht;Horst Bickel;Anne Dahlhaus

  • Anatomical progression of coronary artery disease in humans as seen by prospective, repeated, quantitated coronary angiography. Relation to clinical events and risk factors. The INTACT Study Group.

    P R Lichtlen;P Nikutta;S Jost;J Deckers

  • Impact of Depression on Health Care Utilization and Costs among Multimorbid Patients – Results from the MultiCare Cohort Study

    Jens-Oliver Bock;Melanie Luppa;Christian Brettschneider;Steffi Gerlinde Riedel-Heller

  • Net costs of dementia by disease stage

    H. Leicht;S. Heinrich;D. Heider;D. Heider;C. Bachmann

  • Current alcohol consumption and its relationship to incident dementia: results from a 3-year follow-up study among primary care attenders aged 75 years and older

    Siegfried Weyerer;Martina Schäufele;Birgitt Wiese;Wolfgang Maier

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Weyerer
Siegfried Weyerer Heidelberg University
Hans-Helmut König
Hans-Helmut König Universität Hamburg
Melanie Luppa
Melanie Luppa Leipzig University
Tobias Luck
Tobias Luck Leipzig University
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier Cardiff University
Brit Mollenhauer
Brit Mollenhauer University of Göttingen
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Andreas Maercker
Andreas Maercker University of Zurich
Oliver Peters
Oliver Peters German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg

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