Prevalence of dementia in patients seen at a private hospital in the Southern Region of Brazil

Autor: Ricardo Krause Martinez de Souza, Amanda Ferraz Barboza, Graciany Gasperin, Heloize Dzieciol Berthier Portes Garcia, Paola Martins Barcellos, Renato Nisihara
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 18 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2317-6385
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020ao4752
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients seen at a dementia outpatient clinic. Methods A retrospective study conducted by medical record review searching data on sex, race, age, schooling level, and diagnosis of patients seen from 2008 to 2015. Results A total of 760 patients were studied, with a predominance of female (61.3%; p
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