Incidence and Mortality of Dementia-Related Missing and Their Associated Factors: An Ecological Study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia-related missing and subsequent deaths are becoming serious problems with increases in people with dementia. However, there are no sufficient studies investigating the incidence rate, the mortality rate, and their risk factors.

Methods

An ecological study aggregated at the Japanese prefectural level was conducted. Dementia-related missing persons cases and deaths in 2018 were extracted from the statistics of the National Police Agency in Japan. We extracted variables about older adults' characteristics, care, and safety as candidate variables considered to be relevant to dementia-related missing persons cases and deaths. Associations of the candidate variables with the incidence and mortality rates were analyzed using the generalized linear model (family:

SUBMITTER: Murata S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126676 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature