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O5‐07‐04: DEMENTIA INFORMAL CARE COSTS IN THE SLOVENIAN CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS
Author(s) -
Zupanic Eva,
Wimo Anders,
Winblad Bengt,
Petek Davorina,
Petek Bojana,
Kramberger Milica G.
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.06.3034
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , activities of daily living , gerontology , memory clinic , interquartile range , cognition , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , disease , surgery , pathology
on 631 patients. Decreasing MMSE was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of patient institutionalization (p<0.001). For each unit decrease inMMSE the odds of being institutionalized increased by 1.12 (95% CI 1.04-1.21). MMSE was not significantly associated with consultations with PCPs (p1⁄40.841), specialists (p1⁄40.214), or any other (p1⁄40.212), MMSE was also not associated with hospitalizations for any condition (p1⁄40.310), or related to CI (p1⁄40.527). Conclusions:There is a strong association between worsening CI defined by MMSE and an increased likelihood that the patient has been institutionalized. This suggests that interventions that can be shown to slow down CI progression could result in a significant reduction in institutionalization.