Epidemiology of dementia: prevalence and incidence estimates using validated electronic health records from primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Updated estimates of incidence and prevalence of dementia are crucial to ensure adequate public health policy. However, most of the epidemiological studies in the population in Spain were conducted before 2010. This study assessed the validity of dementia diagnoses recorded in electronic health records contained in a large primary-care database to determine if they could be used for research purposes. Then, to update the epidemiology of dementia in Catalonia (Spain), we estimated crude and standardized prevalence and incidence rates of dementia in Catalonia in 2016.

Methods

The System for the Development of Research in Primary Care (SIDIAP) database contains anonymized information for >80% of the Catalan population. Validity of dementia codes in SIDIAP was assessed i

SUBMITTER: Ponjoan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407519 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature