Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia
Background: dementia has now become a major cause of death, leading to disability and dependence. Objective: to characterize clinical and epidemiological variables in patients with dementia in Seychelles, from July 2018 to August 2019. Methods: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal study was...
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| author | Bienvenido Rodríguez-Lezcano Doris Jeanlouis Daniella Agnes Malulu Carmen Vázquez-Lazo |
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| description | Background: dementia has now become a major cause of death, leading to disability and dependence.
Objective: to characterize clinical and epidemiological variables in patients with dementia in Seychelles, from July 2018 to August 2019.
Methods: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal study was performed in a universe of 257 patients treated at the dementia clinic of Victoria Hospital, Seychelles, in the time period stated above. The variables evaluated included: age group, sex, associated risk factors, type of dementia, marital status and educational level. For the clinical evaluation and diagnosis of dementia, Mini-Cog, Lawton and Brody tests and the Katz Independence Index were used. The data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics.
Results: 47.08 % of the universe was diagnosed with dementia, the mean age was 78.61 years. Those aged 80 and over represented 58.68 % and marked female predominance (61.98 %). Sedentarism (84.30 %), high blood pressure (69.42 %) and alcohol intake (65.28 %) as associated risk factors and vascular dementia (39.66 %) and Alzheimer’s disease (38.01 %) were more frequent. Primary education predominated (52.07 %). Married (35.54 %) and widowed as marital status prevailed (32.23 %).
Conclusions: clinical and epidemiological variables were characterized in Seychelles patients with dementia, which generally resemble those reported in the international literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-001c078d74d24527b54a594d5a62a8892023-12-20T16:54:48ZspaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las TunasRevista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta1029-30272023-11-01480e3517e35171364Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementiaBienvenido Rodríguez-Lezcano0Doris Jeanlouis1Daniella Agnes Malulu2Carmen Vázquez-Lazo3Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa. Artemisa.Victoria Hospital. Victoria.Victoria Hospital. VictoriaFacultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa. Artemisa.Background: dementia has now become a major cause of death, leading to disability and dependence. Objective: to characterize clinical and epidemiological variables in patients with dementia in Seychelles, from July 2018 to August 2019. Methods: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal study was performed in a universe of 257 patients treated at the dementia clinic of Victoria Hospital, Seychelles, in the time period stated above. The variables evaluated included: age group, sex, associated risk factors, type of dementia, marital status and educational level. For the clinical evaluation and diagnosis of dementia, Mini-Cog, Lawton and Brody tests and the Katz Independence Index were used. The data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics. Results: 47.08 % of the universe was diagnosed with dementia, the mean age was 78.61 years. Those aged 80 and over represented 58.68 % and marked female predominance (61.98 %). Sedentarism (84.30 %), high blood pressure (69.42 %) and alcohol intake (65.28 %) as associated risk factors and vascular dementia (39.66 %) and Alzheimer’s disease (38.01 %) were more frequent. Primary education predominated (52.07 %). Married (35.54 %) and widowed as marital status prevailed (32.23 %). Conclusions: clinical and epidemiological variables were characterized in Seychelles patients with dementia, which generally resemble those reported in the international literature.https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/3517demenciafactores de riesgoenfermedad de alzheimerancianoprevalencia |
| spellingShingle | Bienvenido Rodríguez-Lezcano Doris Jeanlouis Daniella Agnes Malulu Carmen Vázquez-Lazo Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta demencia factores de riesgo enfermedad de alzheimer anciano prevalencia |
| title | Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| title_full | Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| title_fullStr | Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| title_short | Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in Seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| title_sort | clinical and epidemiological characteristics in seychelles patients diagnosed with dementia |
| topic | demencia factores de riesgo enfermedad de alzheimer anciano prevalencia |
| url | https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/3517 |
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