Population attributable fractions for risk factors and disability burden of dementia in Jiangxi Province, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: In view of the fact that there is no effective treatment for dementia, the number of years that dementia patients have to live with dementia will gradually increase for the rest of their lives, and the disability loss caused by dementia will increase. It is urgent to study the influence of risk factors on dementia by making use of the potential of prevention. The purpose of this study is to quantify the burden of dementia disability attributable to risk factors by assessing the population attributable fractions (PAFs) in Jiangxi Province, which is one of the regions of moderate aging process of China. The prevalence data of nine risk factors were obtained through the Sixth National Health Service Survey in 2018, which covered 2713 older people. Levin's formula was used to calculate the PAF

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587554 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature