How Many People Live with Dementia in Portugal? A Discussion Paper of National Estimates.

ABSTRACT: Dementia poses major public health challenges, and high-quality epidemiological data are needed for service planning. Published estimates of numbers of people with dementia in Portugal have been based, in most cases, on prevalence rates derived from international studies or expert consensus. As in many other countries, Portuguese community prevalence studies' results are nongeneralizable to a country level. Moreover, their prevalence estimates differ (not surprisingly, owing to different methodologies, e.g., design, sampling, and diagnostic criteria). Regardless, the Portuguese 10/66 Dementia Research Group (10/66 DRG) population-based survey fulfilled 10 out of 11 Alzheimer's Disease International quality criteria for prevalence studies. It relied on cross-culturally validated methods, fo

SUBMITTER: Goncalves-Pereira M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11320114 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature