Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia: A 2015-2020 Population-Based Study in the Campania Region of Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aims of this study were to provide population-based estimates of prevalence and incidence of any dementia and Alzheimer's dementia (AD) in the Campania region (South Italy) and to validate towards a clinical registry.

Methods

This was a population-based study, using routinely collected healthcare data of individuals living in the Campania region (South Italy) from 2015 to 2020. We included individuals aged ≥65 years alive at the prevalence day (January 1, 2021) who had at least one administrative record for dementia and/or AD from 2015 to 2020. Age-and sex-standardised prevalence rates were calculated using direct standardisation method (European population in 2020 as the reference population). To estimate the incidence, we tested three possible algorithms, whi

SUBMITTER: Affinito G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11633899 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature