The diagnosis, burden and prognosis of dementia: A record-linkage cohort study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Electronic health records (EHR) might be a useful resource to study the risk factors and clinical care of people with dementia. We sought to determine the diagnostic validity of dementia captured in linked EHR.

Methods and findings

A cohort of adults in linked primary care, hospital, disease registry and mortality records in England, [CALIBER (CArdiovascular disease research using LInked Bespoke studies and Electronic health Records)]. The proportion of individuals with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, vascular and rare dementia in each data source was determined. A comparison was made of symptoms and care between people with dementia and age-, sex- and general practice-matched controls, using conditional logistic regression. The lifetime risk and prevalence of deme

SUBMITTER: Pujades-Rodriguez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019102 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature