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AIM:To estimate the prevalence of dementia in the population aged above 65 in the district of Mungialde, Vizcaya. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We conducted a two-phase door-to-door populational study. The Minimental State Examination and the Pfeiffer questionnaire were used in the screening phase. The Clinical Dementia Rating scale, the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders and the conventional criteria employed for the different types of dementia were used in the diagnostic confirmation phase. RESULTS:The first phase involved 1931 individuals and 175 cases of dementia were identified. Total prevalence was 9.1%. Prevalence was higher in females (11.8% in females versus 5.6% in males), in those over the age of 85 (34.7% versus 2% in the group with ages between 65 and 69) and in the illiterate (14.6% versus 3.4% in the group with higher education qualifications). According to the logistic regression analysis, prevalence depends on sex, age and schooling. Alzheimer's disease was the most frequent (76%) and prevalent (6.9%) dementia. It was followed by vascular dementia and dementia-Parkinson. Our study shows that the prevalence of dementia in the Basque country stands at an intermediate level in comparison to other studies carried out in our setting. CONCLUSIONS:This is the first door-to-door epidemiological study conducted in the Basque Country to estimate the prevalence of dementia. It is similar to other previously reported studies. Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent form of dementia.
journal_name
Rev Neuroljournal_title
Revista de neurologiaauthors
Fernández M,Castro-Flores J,Perez-de las Heras S,Mandaluniz-Lekumberri A,Gordejuela M,Zarranz Jsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-16 00:00:00pages
89-96issue
2eissn
0210-0010issn
1576-6578pii
rn2007530journal_volume
46pub_type
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