Does more education mean less disability in people with dementia? A large cross-sectional study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) is a feasible tool for assessing functional disability and analysing the risk of institutionalisation among elderly patients with dementia. However, the data for the effect of education on disability status in patients with dementia is lacking. The aim of this large-scale, population-based study was to analyse the effect of education on the disability status of elderly Taiwanese patients with dementia by using WHODAS 2.0.

Methods

From the Taiwan Data Bank of Persons with Disability, we enrolled 7698 disabled elderly (older than 65 years) patients diagnosed with dementia between July 2012 and January 2014. According to their education status, we categorised these patients with and without formal education (3849 pa

SUBMITTER: Huang SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566594 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature