Biting the Bullet: Firearm Ownership in Persons with Dementia. A Registry-Based Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Sweden, 2,296,000 firearms were legally owned by private persons in 2017 and there were 150,000 persons living with a dementia diagnosis. A proportion of these persons owning a firearm may pose safety concerns.

Objective

The aim was to describe firearm ownership in persons with dementia in Sweden and examine which characteristics are explaining physicians' decision to report a person to the police as unsuitable to possess a firearm.

Methods

This was a registry-based observational study. 65,717 persons with dementia registered in the Swedish Dementia Registry were included in the study. Logistic regression was used to evaluate which of the persons' characteristics were most important in predicting the likelihood of being reported as unsuitable to possess

SUBMITTER: Schwertner E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8203223 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature