TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of dementia in the elderly in Latin America
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Zurique Sánchez, Cristina
AU - Cadena Sanabria, Miguel Oswaldo
AU - Zurique Sánchez, Marina
AU - Camacho López, Paul Anthony
AU - Sánchez Sanabria, Marina
AU - Hernández Hernández, Santiago
AU - Velásquez Vanegas, Karen
AU - Ustate Valera, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 SEGG
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Background and objective: Dementia is a growing public health problem. It involves the impairment of several cognitive functions, generating mental and physical disability, and therefore greater functional dependence. There is limited epidemiological information which reveals an approximate prevalence in older adults from Latin America. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of dementia in the older adult population of Latin America, and its distribution according to geographic area and gender. Materials and methods: A systematic review was carried out in databases: PubMed, Ovid, Lilacs, Cochrane, Scielo and Google Scholar, in order to identify studies that estimate the prevalence of dementia in urban and / or rural population over 65 years of age. Results: On February 2018, the literature search yielded 357 publications. The overall prevalence of dementia in the older adult population of Latin America was found to be 11%, prevailing more in female gender and urban people. Conclusion: The prevalence of dementia in Latin America is higher than registered previously, and even than in other continents.
AB - Background and objective: Dementia is a growing public health problem. It involves the impairment of several cognitive functions, generating mental and physical disability, and therefore greater functional dependence. There is limited epidemiological information which reveals an approximate prevalence in older adults from Latin America. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of dementia in the older adult population of Latin America, and its distribution according to geographic area and gender. Materials and methods: A systematic review was carried out in databases: PubMed, Ovid, Lilacs, Cochrane, Scielo and Google Scholar, in order to identify studies that estimate the prevalence of dementia in urban and / or rural population over 65 years of age. Results: On February 2018, the literature search yielded 357 publications. The overall prevalence of dementia in the older adult population of Latin America was found to be 11%, prevailing more in female gender and urban people. Conclusion: The prevalence of dementia in Latin America is higher than registered previously, and even than in other continents.
KW - Dementia
KW - Elderly
KW - Latin America
KW - Prevalence
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061456430&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.regg.2018.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.regg.2018.12.007
M3 - Articulo en revista no especializada
C2 - 30772072
AN - SCOPUS:85061456430
SN - 0211-139X
VL - 54
SP - 346
EP - 355
JO - Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia
JF - Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia
IS - 6
ER -