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- Title
Prevalence and European comparison of dementia in a ≥75-year-old composite population in Spain.
- Authors
Virués-Ortega, J.; de Pedro-Cuesta, J.; Vega, S.; Seijo-Martínez, M.; Saz, P.; Rodríguez, F.; Rodríguez-Laso, Á.; Reñé, R.; de las Heras, S. P.; Mateos, R.; Martínez-Martín, P.; Mahillo-Fernández, I.; López-Pousa, S.; Lobo, A.; Reglà, J. L.; Gascón, J.; García, F. J.; Fernández-Martínez, M.; Boix, R.; Bermejo-Pareja, F.
- Abstract
Virués-Ortega J, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Vega S, Seijo-Martínez M, Saz P, Rodríguez F, Rodríguez-Laso Á, Reñé R, de las Heras SP, Mateos R, Martínez-Martín P, Mahillo-Fernández I, López-Pousa S, Lobo A, Reglà JL, Gascón J, García FJ, Fernández-Martínez M, Boix R, Bermejo-Pareja F, Bergareche A, Sánchez-Sánchez F, de Arce A, del Barrio JL; On behalf of the Spanish Epidemiological Studies on Ageing Group. Prevalence and European comparison of dementia in a ≥75-year-old composite population in Spain. Acta Neurol Scand: 2011: 123: 316-324. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S. To estimate dementia prevalence in Spain. Nine probabilistic and geographically defined samples participated. A screening design based on the MMSE was implemented. Positively screened individuals underwent clinical evaluation. The total number of cases in Spain was estimated. Prevalence was confronted to that of other European countries. Five hundred and forty-six persons aged ≥75 participated, 49 had dementia (35 with Alzheimer's disease [AD], 10 with vascular dementia [VD], 4 other; 25 first diagnosed in the study). Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence and estimated nationwide cases were 7.5% (95% CI 5.4-9.7), 5.6 (95% CI 3.7-7.5) and 1.4 (95% CI 0.5-2.3), and 290,000 (95% CI 208,000-372,000), 214,000 (95% CI 141,000-288,000) and 54,000 (95% CI 20,000-88,000) for dementia, AD and VD, respectively. Dementia prevalence in Spain is comparable to other European populations, while a high number of undiagnosed cases live in the community. The potential impact of Mediterranean diet, hypertension control and decreasing vascular risk factors is discussed.
- Subjects
SPAIN; DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC health; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2011, Vol 123, Issue 5, p316
- ISSN
0001-6314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01398.x