Open AccessPrevalence of dementia in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Amrita Choudhary,
Jay Kumar Ranjan,
H. S. Asthana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_1042_20
Subject(s) - dementia , meta analysis , epidemiology , medicine , psycinfo , population , confidence interval , observational study , public health , gerontology , strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology , demography , medline , environmental health , pathology , disease , sociology , political science , law
There are rich state-based epidemiological evidences on dementia in India, which shows that neurodegenerative disorders are one of the major public health problems. However, inconsistencies and variability have been observed among the findings of most of the reported studies.