Prevalence of presenile dementia in a tertiary outpatient clinic
| Autor: | Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha, Satomi Fujihara, Alzira Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, Ana Claudia Piccolo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Outpatient Clinics Hospital Traumatic brain injury Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Disease Presenile dementia lcsh:RC321-571 Age Distribution Sex Factors Alzheimer Disease Epidemiology Outpatients medicine Outpatient clinic Dementia Humans Age of Onset Sex Distribution Vascular dementia presenile dementia lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Aged business.industry vascular dementia Middle Aged Alzheimer's disease medicine.disease Neurology Socioeconomic Factors Female epidemiology Neurology (clinical) Age of onset business Epidemiologic Methods Brazil RC321-571 |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 62, Iss 3a, Pp 592-595 (2004) Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.62 n.3a 2004 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 |
| Popis: | There are very few reports about prevalence of presenile dementia in Brazil. We reviewed files of patients evaluated with early onset of cognitive impairment in our institution. Among 141 patients (61% males) there was no difference between gender by age at onset or at first evaluation. We have observed an increasing number of patients after 50 years. The most frequent causes were: vascular dementia (36.9%), Alzheimer's disease (20.3%) and traumatic brain injury (9.2%). There was difference among dementia type by age of onset and first evaluation, educational level and length of dementia. These results may be compared with those from other neurologic services in order to replicate or confirm these results. |
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