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O3‐03‐03: Differential impact of disease pre‐progression on baseline and one‐year caregiver burden in Alzheimer's dementia (AD)
Author(s) -
Lim Wee Shiong,
Chong Mei Sian,
Tay Laura,
Ali Noorhazlina,
Yeo Audrey,
Chan Mark
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.07.250
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , caregiver burden , disease , worry , clinical dementia rating , multivariate analysis , gerontology , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety
men; 296women, mean age 73,066,7) were followed up for incidence estimation. After 2 years of follow up, 23 (2,38%) incident cases of dementia all-types were identified: 8 (1,71%) cases in urban area, 37,5% men and 62,5% women, and in 15 (3,00%) cases in rural area, 33,4% men and 66,6% women. Conclusions:These preliminary results point out the fact that dementia is an important public health concern for low and middle-income countries like Congo. Detailed statistical analyses are undergoing, more detailed results on the age and sex-specific incidence will be presented during the conference.