The association between dementia severity and hospitalisation profile in a newly assessed clinical cohort: the South London and Maudsley case register.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the risk and common causes of hospitalisation in patients with newly diagnosed dementia and variation by severity of cognitive impairment.

Setting

We used data from a large London mental healthcare case register linked to a national hospitalisation database.

Participants

Individuals aged ≥65 years with newly diagnosed dementia with recorded cognitive function and the catchment population within the same geography.

Outcome measures

We evaluated the risk and duration of hospitalisation in the year following a dementia diagnosis. In addition we identified the most common causes of hospitalisation and calculated age-standardised and gender-standardised admission ratios by dementia severity (mild/moderate/severe) relative to the catchment popu

SUBMITTER: Gungabissoon U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200045 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature