Undiagnosed Diseases in Patients with Dementia – A Potential Target Group for Intervention
Objective: To study undiagnosed diseases in older people with and without dementia. Design: Cross-sectional population-based study in Lieto, southwestern Finland. Participants: All the inhabitants aged 64 and more in Lieto. Participation rate was 82% (n = 1,260). Measurements: Dementia and its subty...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2004-01, Vol.18 (3-4), p.321-329 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objective: To study undiagnosed diseases in older people with and without dementia. Design: Cross-sectional population-based study in Lieto, southwestern Finland. Participants: All the inhabitants aged 64 and more in Lieto. Participation rate was 82% (n = 1,260). Measurements: Dementia and its subtypes were diagnosed according to prevailing criteria. Medical conditions were assessed in clinical examinations and from medical records. Results: 112 patients with dementia were found; 66% of them had at least 1 undiagnosed disease compared to 48% of the non-demented group (p = 0.041). The demented subjects had more undiagnosed hypercholesterolaemia (p = 0.039) and undiagnosed hypothyroidism (p = 0.032) than the controls. Conclusion: Undiagnosing is more common among patients with dementia. Screening strategies should be developed further to find these patients. |
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ISSN: | 1420-8008 1421-9824 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000080126 |