Outcomes of dementia: Systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital administrative database studies

Autor: Ara Darzi, Amna Suliman, Sabine Vuik, Paul Aylin, Ahsan Rao
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 66:198-204
ISSN: 0167-4943
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.008
Popis: INTRODUCTION: Aim of the study was to compare various outcomes of dementia patients with elderly patients without dementia by conducting a systematic review of previous population-based studies. METHODS: The relevant studies were retrieved from search of electronic databases. RESULTS: The pooled data from included 11 studies consisted of outcomes of 1,044,131 dementia patients compared to 9,639,027 elderly patients without dementia. Meta-analysis showed that the mortality in dementia patients was 15.3% as compared to 8.7% in non-dementia cases (RR 1.70, CI 95%, 1.27-2.28, p 0.0004). However, there was significant heterogeneity between the studies (p
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