Systematic Review Estimating the Burden of Dementia in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: A Bayesian Approach.

ABSTRACT: Background: The global burden of dementia has increasingly shifted to low- and middle-income regions that lack essential data for monitoring epidemiological progression, and policy and planning support. Drawing upon data that have emerged since the last known estimates published in 2015, this study aims to update dementia estimates in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region for the years 2020, 2030, and 2050 through the application of a recently validated Bayesian approach for disease estimates useful when data sources are scarce. Methods: A comprehensive parallel systematic review of PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Global Health, and LILACS was conducted to identify prospective population-based epidemiological studies on dementia published in English from 2013 to 2018 in LAC.

SUBMITTER: Xiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8356078 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature