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zygouris_grDr. Stelios Zygouris - Diplom Psychologe
Greek Association of Alzheimer´s Disease and Related Disorders
Saint John Day Center
Konstantinou Karamanli 164
54248 Thessaloniki/ Greece

Phone: +30 2310 351 451
zygouris(at)nar.uni-heidelberg.de
Fellows: Prof. Dr. Magda Tsolaki​

 

Remote Computerized Detection of Pre-clinical Cognitive Disorders – Bridging the Gap between Cognitive Training and Cognitive Assessment

An immense challenge faced by primary care health services worldwide is the timely detection of early cognitive decline. Staff shortages and lack of access to services leads to many cases of cognitive decline being undiagnosed until they have progressed to dementia. At the same time there is no consensus about the benefits of large scale community screening and thus policymakers are reluctant to dedicate the necessary resources for such large scale actions. Lately advances in technology have led to an increase of available computer administered tools for cognitive screening as well as for cognitive training and rehabilitation. As older adults are becoming increasingly computer savvy a large number of them are using cognitive training software programs on their own which allow them to train their cognitive functions from their comfort of their home. This is especially useful for people living in areas with no access to day centers or similar services for people with cognitive disorders.Based on previous findings highlighting the ability to detect pre-clinical cognitive decline based on the performance in a virtual reality (VR) cognitive training exercise, this study aims at introducing a paradigm shift on how computerized cognitive training exercises are employed. The goal of this study is to use longitudinal performance in a VR cognitive training exercise in order to detect pre-clinical cognitive decline in general hospital patients in Northern Greece.

 

Awards

  • 2000 Greek State Scholarships Foundation award
  • 2016 PhD scholarship by Network Aging Research (NAR) & Robert Bosch Foundation

 

Research topics

  • Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
  • Pre-clinical cognitive screening
  • Computerized neuropsychological assessment
  • Virtual reality applications and games for older adults
  • Design & psychology

 

Memberships

  • Associate Editor in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Pan-Hellenic Biobank for Neurological Disorders (founding member)
  • Society of Friends of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (founding member)
  • Cannot Not Design + (CND+) design research organization

 

Publications

  • Zygouris, S., Gkioka, M., Moraitou, D., Teichmann, B., Tsiatsos, T., Papagianopoulos, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2020). Assessing the Attitudes of Greek Nurses Toward Computerized Dementia Screening. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease: JAD. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200666
  • Zygouris, S., Iliadou, P., Lazarou, E., Giakoumis, D., Votis, K., Alexiadis, A., Triantafyllidis, A., Segkouli, S., Tzovaras, D., Tsiatsos, T., Papagianopoulos, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2020). Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment in an At-Risk Group of Older Adults: Can a Novel Self-Administered Serious Game-Based Screening Test Improve Diagnostic Accuracy?. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 78(1), 405–412. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200880
  • Dubbelman, M. A., Verrijp, M., Facal, D., Sánchez-Benavides, G., Brown, L. J. E., van der Flier, W. M., Jokinen, H., Lee, A., Leroi, I., Lojo-Seoane, C., Milošević, V., Molinuevo, J. L., Pereiro Rozas, A. X., Ritchie, C., Salloway, S., Stringer, G., Zygouris, S., Dubois, B., Epelbaum, S., Scheltens, P., & Sikkes, S. A. M. (2020). The influence of diversity on the measurement of functional impairment: An international validation of the Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire in eight countries. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 12(1), e12021-e12021. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12021
  • Makri, M., Tsolaki, M., & Zygouris, S. (2020). Development of the Training Platform “AD-GAMING” for the Improvement of Quality of Life of People with Dementia through “Serious Games”.J Fam Med., 7(4), 1207
  • Zygouris, S., Gkioka, M., Moraitou, D., Teichmann, B., Tsiatsos, T., Papagianopoulos, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2019). Views of nursing staff on computerized dementia screening. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 52(4), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-019-01633-0
  • Eraslan Boz, H., Limoncu, H., Zygouris, S., Tsolaki, M., Giakoumis, D., Votis, K., Tzovaras, D., Öztürk, V., & Yener, G. G. (2019). A new tool to assess amnestic mild cognitive impairment in Turkish older adults: virtual supermarket (VSM). Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1663146
  • Zygouris, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2019). Dementia Care: International Perspectives. In Greece. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198796046.003.0023
  • Αντωνιάδου, Ε., Ζυγούρης, Σ., & Τσολάκη, Μ. (2017). Αύξηση της προσδόκιμης διάρκειας ζωής: Πηγή προβλημάτων ή βιολογικό προνόμιο; Journal of Research in Education and Training, 10, 108-123. https://doi.org/10.12681/jret.10895
  • Zygouris, S., Ntovas, K., Giakoumis, D., Votis, K., Doumpoulakis, S., Segkouli, S., Karagiannidis, C., Tzovaras, D., & Tsolaki, M. (2017). A Preliminary Study on the Feasibility of Using a Virtual Reality Cognitive Training Application for Remote Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis, 56(2), 619-627. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-160518
  • Zygouris, S., Giakoumis, D., Votis, K., Doumpoulakis, S., Konstantinos, N., Segkouli, S., Karagiannidis, C., Tzovaras, D., & Tsolaki, M. (2015). Can a virtual reality cognitive training application fulfill a dual role? Using the Virtual Super Market cognitive training application as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 44(4), 1333-1347. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-141260
  • Tsolaki, M., Zygouris., S., Tsoutsikas, V., Anestakis, D., & Koliakos, G. (2015). Treatment with adipose stem cells in a patient with moderate Alzheimer's disease: case report. Journal of Neurorestoratology, 3, 115-120.
  • Tsolaki, M., Zygouris, S., Lazarou, I., Kompatsiaris, I., Chatzileontiadis, L., Votis, C., Tzovaras, D., Karakostas, A., Karagkiozi, C., Dimitriou, T., Tsiatsios, T., Dimitriadis, S., Tarnanas, I., Dranidis, D., & Bamidis, P. (2015). Our experience with informative and communication technologies (ICT) in dementia. Hell J Nucl Med, 18(Suppl 1), 131-139.
  • Zygouris, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2015b). New Technologies and Neuropsychological Evaluation of Older Adults: Issues and Challenges. In P. D. Bamidis, I. Tarnanas, L. Hadjileontiadis, & M. Tsolaki (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Innovations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (pp. 1-17). IGI Global.
  • Zygouris, S., & Tsolaki, M. (2015a). Computerized Cognitive Testing for Older Adults: A review. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 30(1), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317514522852

 

Book Chapters

  • Zygouris S, Tsolaki M (2015). New Technologies and Neuropsychological Evaluation of Older Adults: Issues and Challenges. In Bamidis P, Tarnanas I, Hadjileontiadis L, Tsolaki M (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Innovations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia. (pp. 1-17). IGI Global

Personal website (ResearchGate Profile), https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stelios_Zygouris

 

Vita

since 03/2016   Scholarship recipient. Network Aging Research (NAR) & Robert Bosch Foundation
04/2017 - 06/2017   Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, University of California
11/2012 - 03/2016    Research Associate. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
09/2013 - 01/2014   Psychologist – Researcher. Greek Association of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
09/2011 - 03/2016   Psychologist. Private practice
08/2011 - 03/2016   Psychologist (external partner). Interbalkan Medical Center Thessaloniki
02/2012 - 05/2012   Instructor. Program for Clinical Training in Psychopathology, 1st University Psychiatric Clinic, Papageorgiou General Hospital Thessaloniki
10/2010 - 12/2012   Qualified Scientific Personnel. 1st University Psychiatric Clinic, Papageorgiou General Hospital Thessaloniki
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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