The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing with an increasing number of people with dementia. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's title refers to the 66% of people with dementia that live in developing countries and the less than one tenth of population-based research carried out in those settings. This paper describes the protocols for the 10/66 population-based and intervention studies that aim to redress this imbalance.

Methods/design

Cross-sectional comprehensive one phase surveys have been conducted of all residents aged 65 and over of geographically defined catchment areas in ten low and middle income countries (India, China, Nigeria, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru and Argentina), with

SUBMITTER: Prince M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1965476 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature