Prevalence of dementia in a rural setting: A report from India
S. Rajkumar
Bok Engelsk 1997
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| Opplysninger | A study to estimate the prevalence of dementia in a rural population was conducted in a community located on the outskirts of Madras cityin South India. Seven hundred and fifty elderly 60 years of age andolder, selected using the cluster sampling technique, were interviewed using the Geriatric Mental State schedule (GMS) The prevalence of dementia was 3.5%, the percentage increasing with age.These rural prevalence estimates were higher than in urban settings(WHO multicentre study on cognitive impairment and dementia indeveloped and developing countries, unpublished) and male/female differences were negligible. The difficulties associated with the use of the GMS in a non-literate rural population are discussed. The implications of these findings for India's growing elderly populationare highlighted.
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