Incipient dementia and avoidable hospital admission in persons with osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the associations between incipient dementia (ID) and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among people with osteoarthritis (OA) of the peripheral joints.

Methods

Among individuals aged 51-99 years residing in Skåne, Sweden, in 2009, we identified those with a doctor-diagnosed OA and no dementia during 1998-2009 (n ​= ​57,733). Treating ID as a time-varying exposure, we followed people from January 1, 2010 or their 60th birthday (whichever occurred last) until hospitalization for ACSCs, death, 100th birthday, relocation outside Skåne, or December 31, 2019 (whichever occurred first). Using age as time scale, we applied flexible parametric survival models, adjusted for confounders, to assess the associations between ID and ho

SUBMITTER: Kiadaliri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926213 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature