BACKGROUND Knowledge on survival in dementia is crucial for patients and public health planning. Most studies comparing mortality risk included few different dementia diagnoses. OBJECTIVES To compare mortality risk in the most frequent dementia disorders in a large cohort of patients with an incident diagnosis, adjusting for potential confounding factors. METHODS 15,209 patients with dement...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to verify the association between diabetes and the risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia in twins and to explore whether genetic and early-life environmental factors could contribute to this association. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study included 13,693 twin individuals aged > or =65 years. Dementia was diagnosed according to DSM-IV (Diagnostic M...

OBJECTIVES To identify valid tools to diagnose delirium superimposed on dementia. DESIGN Systematic review of studies of delirium tools that explicitly included individuals with dementia. SETTING Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Studies were included if delirium assessment tools were validated against standard criteria, and the presence of dementia was assessed according to standard criteria that u...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet risk factors for dementia and its prognostic significance in persons with ESRD remain unclear. The goals of this study were to determine the prevalence, correlates and dialysis-related outcomes of dementia in an international sample of haemodialysis patien...

Introduction: The Czechia is facing population aging. number of people with dementia increasing. Conflicting conclusions European studies confirm the difficulties quantifying disease. Aims: We aim to estimate in until 2050: a) projecting prevalence using rates from EURODEM and EuroCoDe studies, b) based on mortality tables individuals living dementia. Comparing both approaches estimation. Metho...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few studies of dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD) have had long-term follow-ups. Moreover, information on the duration from the onset to the development of dementia in patients with PD is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine the median dementia-free survival time from the onset of PD to the development of dementia. METHODS In total, 1,193 Korean patients wi...

OBJECTIVE Many subjects with dementia present primarily to neuropsychiatric practices because of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD). This study reviewed the profile of clinically-diagnosed dementias and BPSD seen in a pioneer neuropsychiatric practice in Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria over a ten year period (January1998 - December 2007). METHODS A review of hospital records of all ...

To develop a method for quantifying risks of death and dementia in relation to vascular risk factors the Gothenburg H-70 1901-02 birth cohort was studied (n=380, was followed over 20 years, with 103 incident dementia cases). Separate vascular risk factor indices were calculated using 23 vascular risk factors to predict: (i) dementia-free-survival, and (ii) incident dementia derived from post ho...

Objective Despite a high prevalence of dementia in older adults hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (SARS-CoV-2), or so called COVID-19, research investigating association between preexisting diagnoses and prognosis COVID-19 is scarce. We aimed to investigate treatment outcome patients after COVID-19. Methods explored nationwide cohort total 2,800 subject...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of dementia on longer term survival after hospital admission, and to assess whether dementia is an independent predictor of mortality. This information is vital for the provision of appropriate care. METHODS A prospective cohort study, in a large urban acute general hospital, of 616 people (70 years and older) with unplanned medical admission. The principal exp...