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M. Laakkonen

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h-index: 21
Works: 70
Citations: 2,640

Most-cited papers

Exercise rehabilitation on home-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease - a randomized, controlled trial. Study protocol
K. Pitkälä, M. Raivio, M. Laakkonen, R. Tilvis +2 more
2010Trials568 citations Open access
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Effects of the Finnish Alzheimer disease exercise trial (FINALEX): a randomized controlled trial.
K. Pitkälä, Minna M. Pöysti, M. Laakkonen, R. Tilvis +3 more
2013JAMA Internal Medicine300 citations Open access
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Positive life orientation as a predictor of 10-year outcome in an aged population.
K. Pitkälä, M. Laakkonen, Timo E. Strandberg, R. Tilvis
2004Journal of Clinical Epidemiology158 citations
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Efficacy of physical exercise intervention on mobility and physical functioning in older people with dementia: a systematic review.
K. Pitkälä, N. Savikko, Minna M. Pöysti, T. Strandberg +1 more
2013Experimental Gerontology146 citations
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Effects of Exercise on Cognition: The Finnish Alzheimer Disease Exercise Trial: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
H. Öhman, N. Savikko, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +4 more
2016Journal of The American Geriatrics Society142 citations
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Predisposing and precipitating factors for delirium in a frail geriatric population.
J. Laurila, M. Laakkonen, J. Laurila, Strandberg Timo +1 more
2008Journal of Psychosomatic Research132 citations
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Gender Differences in Dementia Spousal Caregiving
Minna M. Pöysti, M. Laakkonen, T. Strandberg, N. Savikko +3 more
2012International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease118 citations Open access
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Family Care as Collaboration: Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Support Program for Elderly Couples with Dementia. Randomized Controlled Intervention Study
U. Eloniemi-Sulkava, Marja Saarenheimo, M. Laakkonen, M. Pietilä +4 more
2009Journal of The American Geriatrics Society112 citations
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Effects of Self‐Management Groups for People with Dementia and Their Spouses—Randomized Controlled Trial
M. Laakkonen, H. Kautiainen, E. Hölttä, N. Savikko +3 more
2016Journal of The American Geriatrics Society102 citations
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How Do Officially Organized Services Meet the Needs of Elderly Caregivers and Their Spouses With Alzheimer's Disease?
M. Raivio, U. Eloniemi-Sulkava, M. Laakkonen, Marja Saarenheimo +3 more
2007American Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Other Dementias83 citations Open access
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How do elderly spouse care givers of people with Alzheimer disease experience the disclosure of dementia diagnosis and subsequent care?
M. Laakkonen, M. Raivio, U. Eloniemi-Sulkava, Marja Saarenheimo +3 more
2008Journal of Medical Ethics73 citations
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Apathy: prevalence, associated factors, and prognostic value among frail, older inpatients.
E. Hölttä, M. Laakkonen, J. Laurila, T. Strandberg +2 more
2012Journal of the American Medical Directors Association72 citations
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Will-to-live and survival in a 10-year follow-up among older people.
H. Karppinen, M. Laakkonen, T. Strandberg, R. Tilvis +1 more
2012Age and Ageing56 citations Open access
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Older people's reasoning for resuscitation preferences and their role in the decision-making process.
M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä, T. Strandberg, Saila Berglind +1 more
2005Resuscitation46 citations
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Living Will, Resuscitation Preferences, and Attitudes towards Life in an Aged Population
M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä, T. Strandberg, Saila Berglind +1 more
2004Gerontology37 citations
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Effects of Exercise on Functional Performance and Fall Rate in Subjects with Mild or Advanced Alzheimer's Disease: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Study
H. Öhman, N. Savikko, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +4 more
2016Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders34 citations
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The overlap of delirium with neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients with dementia.
E. Hölttä, M. Laakkonen, J. Laurila, T. Strandberg +3 more
2011The American journal of geriatric psychiatry32 citations
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Do you want to live to be 100? Answers from older people.
H. Karppinen, M. Laakkonen, T. Strandberg, Emmi Huohvanainen +1 more
2016Age and Ageing30 citations
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Effects of frequent and long-term exercise on neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease - Secondary analyses of a randomized, controlled trial (FINALEX)
H. Öhman, N. Savikko, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +4 more
201726 citations Open access
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Precipitating factors of delirium: stress response to multiple triggers among patients with and without dementia.
E. Hölttä, J. Laurila, M. Laakkonen, T. Strandberg +2 more
2014Experimental Gerontology26 citations
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DISCLOSURE OF DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS AND THE NEED FOR ADVANCE CARE PLANNING IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
M. Laakkonen, M. Raivio, U. Eloniemi-Sulkava, R. Tilvis +1 more
2008Journal of The American Geriatrics Society26 citations
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Psychosocial group intervention to enhance self-management skills of people with dementia and their caregivers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
M. Laakkonen, E. Hölttä, N. Savikko, T. Strandberg +2 more
2012Trials21 citations Open access
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Reducing inappropriate, anticholinergic and psychotropic drugs among older residents in assisted living facilities: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
K. Pitkälä, A. Juola, H. Soini, M. Laakkonen +4 more
2012Trials19 citations Open access
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How Do Community-Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer Disease Fall? Falls in the FINALEX Study
Niko M. Perttila, H. Öhman, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +5 more
2017Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra17 citations Open access
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Psychological well-being of spousal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and associated factors
M. Raivio, M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä
201517 citations
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Effect of Exercise on Drug-Related Falls Among Persons with Alzheimer's Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the FINALEX Study
Niko M. Perttila, H. Öhman, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +5 more
2018Drugs & Aging16 citations Open access
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Relationship of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Falls in Alzheimer's Disease – Does Exercise Modify the Risk?
H. Roitto, H. Kautiainen, H. Öhman, N. Savikko +4 more
2018Journal of The American Geriatrics Society16 citations Open access
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Alzheimer's Patients' Spouses Critiques of the Support Services
M. Raivio, M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä
2011ISRN Nursing15 citations Open access
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Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in heterogeneous samples of older adults
Helena Liira, N. Mavaddat, Maija Eineluoto, H. Kautiainen +6 more
2018European Geriatric Medicine14 citations
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Exercise rehabilitation on home-dwelling patients with Alzheimer disease: A randomized, controlled trial. Baseline findings and feasibility
K. Pitkälä, M. Raivio, M. Laakkonen, R. Tilvis +2 more
201113 citations
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Terminally Ill Elderly Patient's Experiences, Attitudes, and Needs: A Qualitative Study
M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä, Timo E. Strandberg
200413 citations
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Advance orders to limit therapy in 67 long-term care facilities in Finland.
M. Laakkonen, U. Finne-Soveri, A. Noro, R. Tilvis +1 more
2004Resuscitation13 citations
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Self-management groups for people with dementia and their spousal caregivers. A randomized, controlled trial. Baseline findings and feasibility
M. Laakkonen, N. Savikko, E. Hölttä, R. Tilvis +3 more
201312 citations
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Effects of the Finnish Alzheimer Disease Exercise Trial (FINALEX)
M. Laakkonen, R. Tilvis, N. Savikko, H. Kautiainen +1 more
201312 citations
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The use of legal guardians and financial powers of attorney among home-dwellers with Alzheimer’s disease living with their spousal caregivers
M. Raivio, A. Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen, M. Laakkonen, R. Tilvis +1 more
2008Journal of Medical Ethics12 citations
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TRAINING STAFF IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES - EFFECTS ON RESIDENTS' SYMPTOMS, PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING, AND PROXY SATISFACTION.
Pauli J. Lamppu, M. Laakkonen, H. Finne-Soveri, H. Kautiainen +2 more
2021Journal of Pain and Symptom Management11 citations Open access
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Monetary value of informal caregiving in dementia from a societal perspective.
K. Pitkälä, M. Laakkonen, Eeva-Liisa Kallio, H. Kautiainen +4 more
2020Age and Ageing10 citations Open access
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Severity of frailty and the outcome of exercise intervention among participants with Alzheimer disease: A sub-group analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Niko Perttilä, H. Öhman, T. Strandberg, H. Kautiainen +5 more
201610 citations
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Effects of Staff Training on Nursing Home Residents' End-Of-Life Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Pauli J. Lamppu, H. Finne-Soveri, H. Kautiainen, M. Laakkonen +2 more
2021Journal of the American Medical Directors Association9 citations
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Self-management groups for people with dementia and their spousal caregivers. A randomized, controlled trial
M. Laakkonen, E. Hölttä, N. Savikko, R. Tilvis +3 more
20138 citations
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Participants’ baseline characteristics and feedback of the nature-based social intervention “friends in nature” among lonely older adults in assisted living facilities in finland: a randomised controlled trial of the RECETAS EU-project
K. Pitkälä, L. Rautiainen, U. Aalto, H. Kautiainen +17 more
2024BMC Geriatrics7 citations Open access
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Education-Based Cutoffs for Cognitive Screening of Alzheimer’s Disease
Minna Alenius, T. Ngandu, S. Koskinen, Ilona Hallikainen +8 more
2022Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders7 citations Open access
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Training nursing home staff to improve residents’ end-of-life care: design and baseline findings from a randomized controlled trial
Pauli J. Lamppu, J. Laurila, H. Finne-Soveri, M. Laakkonen +2 more
2019European Geriatric Medicine7 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of nature-based group intervention in loneliness and health-related quality-of-life in lonely older adults living in assisted living facilities-a randomised controlled trial.
K. Pitkälä, L. Rautiainen, H. Kautiainen, U. Aalto +13 more
2026Age and Ageing5 citations Open access
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Iconography : Psychotic symptoms of dementia, their relationship with delirium and prognostic value
E. Hölttä, M. Laakkonen, J. Laurila, T. Strandberg +2 more
20154 citations
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Ethical care in dementia
M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä
2009British medical journal4 citations
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Cognitive Performance at Time of AD Diagnosis: A Clinically Augmented Register-Based Study
Minna Alenius, L. Hokkanen, S. Koskinen, Ilona Hallikainen +8 more
2022Frontiers in Psychology3 citations Open access
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Living wills and end-of-life care of older people suffering from cardiovascular diseases: A ten-year follow-up
H. Karppinen, M. Laakkonen, T. Strandberg, R. Tilvis +1 more
20143 citations
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[Palliative (symptomatic) care of (imminently) dying patients].
J. Hänninen, K. Hamunen, M. Laakkonen, T. Laukkala +6 more
2013Duodecim lääketieteellinen aikakauskirja3 citations
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Supporting people who care for adults with dementia
M. Laakkonen, K. Pitkälä
2013British medical journal3 citations
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