OBJECTIVE to determine the documentation rate of dementia in primary health care, the clinical characteristics of patients with documented and undocumented dementia, and the diagnostic evaluations made in cognitive impairment. DESIGN cross-sectional population-based study with a retrospective review of medical history. SETTING primary health care in the municipality of Lieto, Southwestern F...

Growing evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia are underdiagnosed and poorly documented. In our study, we describe patterns of dementia coding and treatment in the Veteran's Administration New England Healthcare System. We conducted a retrospective cohort study with new outpatient ICD-9 codes for several types of dementia between 2002 and 2009. We examined health...

BACKGROUND Late-life depression may increase the risk of incident dementia, in particular of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. AIMS To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the risk of incident all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in individuals with late-life depression in population-based prospective studies. METHOD A total of 23 studi...

BACKGROUND Life expectancy is increasing continuously, which increases the likelihood of developing dementia or cancer. Both dementia and cancer are serious conditions that give manifold symptoms. The interaction of these conditions is however complex and less explored. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of cancer and differences regarding neuropsychiatric symptom...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the value of death certification for the epidemiological study of dementia, the frequency with which the condition was recorded on death certificates of patients diagnosed with some form of dementia before the age of 65 years was studied. A further objective was to identify variables associated with failure to record dementia on the certificate. DESIGN A cohort of p...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to review dementia nursing competencies. The objectives were to explain the relevancy of dementia competencies across care settings and levels of practice. BACKGROUND Dementia is strongly associated with increasing age and as the world population ages there is an imperative to ensure the healthcare workforce is fully equipped to meet the needs of ...

Background Population studies have shown that chronic kidney disease(CKD) and CKD progression are associated with dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s dementia(AD) vascular dementia(VD). However, the impact of different brain pathogenesis on these associations is not known. Method Observational study patients recently diagnosed dementia disorders from Swedish Dementia Registry(SveDem) 2007-2018 l...

Background UK Dementia Strategies prioritise fair access to mental and physical healthcare. We investigated whether there are inequalities by deprivation or gender in healthcare received by people with dementia, and compared healthcare received by people with and without dementia. Methods we investigated primary care records of 68,061 community dwelling dementia patients and 259,337 people wi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The burden of amyloid β is greater in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies than in those with Parkinson disease dementia, and an increased amyloid β load is closely related to a higher incidence of cerebral microbleeds. Here, we investigated the prevalence and topography of cerebral microbleeds in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies and those with Parkinson disease...

Dementia is a clinical diagnosis requiring new functional dependence on the basis of progressive cognitive decline. It is estimated that 1.3% of the entire UK population, or 7.1% of those aged 65 or over, have dementia. Applying these to 2013 population estimates gives an estimated number of 19,765 people living with dementia in Northern Ireland. The clinical syndrome of dementia can be due to ...