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Prevalence of dementia in African-Caribbean compared with UK-born White older people — two-stage cross-sectional study
Author(s)	Simon Adelman, Martin Blanchard, Greta Rait
Journal title	British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 199, no 2, August 2011
Pages	pp 119-125
Source	http://bjp.rcpsych.org/
Keywords	Dementia ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Black Caribbean ; White people ; Cross cultural surveys ; London.
Annotation	Previous research suggests that there may be an increased prevalence of dementia in African-Caribbean older adults. This study investigated the prevalence of dementia in older people of African-Caribbean descent compared to their white UK-born counterparts. Participants included 218 African-Caribbean and 218 white UK-born people aged over 60, from five general practices in North London. Two independent assessors diagnosed dementia according to standard operationalised criteria. The prevalence of dementia was 9.6% in the African-Caribbean sample and 6.9% in the white group. African-Caribbean participants with dementia were eight years younger than their white counterparts. The authors conclude that the findings have implications for service provision and preventive interventions. Further research is needed to examine vascular risk factors and social adversity in this population. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-120904004 A
Classmark	EA: F:TK: TKG: TKA: 3KA: 82L
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