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Prevalence of dementia according to DSM-III-R and ICD-10
— results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+): Part 1 | | Author(s) | Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Anja Busse, Conny Aurich |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 179, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 250-254 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Screening ; Evaluation ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany. |
| Annotation | The Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+) is a population-based sample of some 1700 over 75s conducted between January 1997 and June 1998. Some 75% of the sample was interviewed, of which participants, 17.4% suffered from dementia according to DSM-III-R, including mild, moderate and severe cases. Dementia according to ICD-10 was diagnosed in 12.4%. The largest differences appear in the oldest age groups. The ICD-10 sets a higher threshold for dementia diagnosis. Larger differences in the oldest age groups might reflect difficulties in applying case definitions, especially for those beyond age 90. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010928201 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK7: 3V: 4C: 48: 3J: 767 |
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