Predictors of Mortality in Individuals with Dementia in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia is one of the top causes of death worldwide, but individuals with dementia and their caregivers report that knowing what to expect, including regarding approaching end of life, is an unmet need.

Objective

To identify predictors of death in individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) dementia, Lewy body dementia (LBD), vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia.

Methods

The study used data from National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center participants with dementia and an etiologic diagnosis of AD, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD, with or without motor neuron disease), or vascular dementia. Analyses included median survival across dementia types and predictors of death at 5 years based on baseline demographics and clinical mea

SUBMITTER: Armstrong MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9153251 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature