Association between surgery and rate of incident dementia in older adults: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of incident dementia after surgery in older adults is unclear. The study objective was to examine the rate of incident dementia among older adults after elective surgery compared with a matched nonsurgical control group.

Methods

We conducted a population-based, propensity-matched retrospective cohort study using data from linked administrative databases in Ontario, Canada. All community-dwelling individuals aged 66 years and older who underwent one of five major elective surgeries between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2011 were included. Each surgical patient was matched 1:1 on surgical specialty of the surgeon at consultation, age, sex, fiscal year of entry, and propensity score with a patient who attended an outpatient visit with a surgeon of the same sur

SUBMITTER: Reich KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11090718 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature