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| Prevalence of dementia in an urban Indian population | | Author(s) | Chicot J Vas, Charles Pinto, Dilip Panikker |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 13, no 4, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 439-450 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Urban areas ; Longitudinal surveys ; India. |
| Annotation | A 3-year, 3-stage epidemiological survey in Mumbai (Bombay), India aimed to determine the prevalence of all types of dementia. From a potential 30,000 subjects aged 40+, 24,488 people completed self-report or interviewer-rated protocols based on the Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric Scale. Those with a score of 2 standard deviations above the mean were screened for cognitive functioning using a modified version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Those who scored below the 5th percentile underwent detailed neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluation, and were rated on the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR). 105 subjects with dementia were identified, a prevalence rate of 0.43% of those aged 40+, 2.44% of those aged 65+. The overall prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) was 0.25%, 1.81% for age 65+. There were 38 women and 24 men in the AD group. Increasing age was associated with higher prevalence of the dementia syndrome in general as well as AD specifically - less than that reported from developed countries, but similar to results of other studies in India. Results are discussed with regard to shorter life expectancy, relocation of those affected, and differences in the risk factors as compared to developed countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020524205 A |
| Classmark | EA: RK: 3J: 7FA |
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