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Screening Dementia in the Outpatient Department: Patients at Risk for Dementia
Joint Authors
Tai, Shu-Yu
Huang, Shu-Wan
Hsu, Chia-Ling
Yang, Chiu-Hsien
Chou, Mei-Chuan
Yang, Yuan-Han
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The targeted screening for individuals at the risks of having dementia would be crucial to the further public health issues for dementia.
This study aimed to conduct a screening study in an outpatient department of a regional hospital to screen people who were at risk of developing comorbid dementia.
Patients who visited Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital (KMTTH) clinics during the period from June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014, were invited to participate in this screening voluntarily.
The trained interviewer collected all participants’ demographic characteristics and used the instrument of ascertainment of dementia 8 (AD8) to find out suspected dementia ones.
The result showed a higher ratio (24.1%) of suspected dementia in the outpatient department of a hospital, 500 out of 2017 subjects, than that in the general population.
The median (interquartile range) age was significantly higher in the suspected dementia participants (70, (62, 77)) compared to that in nonsuspected dementia ones (65, (60, 73)), and the probability of suspected dementia was significantly increasing with age (P < 0.001).
Instead of screening dementia in general population, screening people at the risk of dementia could be the practicable and important issues in the care of dementia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tai, Shu-Yu& Huang, Shu-Wan& Hsu, Chia-Ling& Yang, Chiu-Hsien& Chou, Mei-Chuan& Yang, Yuan-Han. 2014. Screening Dementia in the Outpatient Department: Patients at Risk for Dementia. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048434
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tai, Shu-Yu…[et al.]. Screening Dementia in the Outpatient Department: Patients at Risk for Dementia. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048434
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tai, Shu-Yu& Huang, Shu-Wan& Hsu, Chia-Ling& Yang, Chiu-Hsien& Chou, Mei-Chuan& Yang, Yuan-Han. Screening Dementia in the Outpatient Department: Patients at Risk for Dementia. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048434
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048434