痴呆症中的点患病率:一个"现实世界的"估计
Antonella Muroni1, Gianluca Floris1, Giuseppe Borghero1
1Institute of Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
概括
在痴呆症患者中比在健康的老年人中更为常见. 这项研究发现阿尔茨海默病的点患病率为6.4%,血管痴呆症为8.9%,这表明是痴呆症谱的一部分.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
- 发病学 (Epileptology) 是一个专业的学科.
背景情况:
- 研究表明,与健康的老年人相比,阿尔茨海默病和其他痴呆症的发作和的发病率更高.
- 以前的研究往往来自专门的中心,限制了概括性,并且主要提供了发作在痴呆症人群中的时期,而不是点患病率估计.
研究的目的:
- 确定在被诊断患有阿尔茨海默病,血管痴呆症和前性痴呆症的患者中需要抗药物的发症状的点患病率.
- 将痴呆症亚型中的发病率与健康老年人群中的发病率进行比较.
主要方法:
- 在二次临床环境中进行了点患病率研究.
- 在患有阿尔茨海默氏症,血管痴呆症和前性痴呆症的患者中,评估了需要抗药物治疗的症状.
主要成果:
- 在阿尔茨海默病中,的点患病率为6.4%,在血管痴呆症中为8.9%,在前性痴呆症中为6%.
- 这些患病率明显高于健康老年人口中观察到的患病率.
- 痴呆症患者的的特征是未引起的发作,没有明显的临床特征,无论痴呆症类型如何.
结论:
- 应该被认为是痴呆症谱的组成部分.
- 在不同类型的痴呆症中,需要治疗的发病的类似点患病率表明潜在的共享的潜在发病机制.
- 来自临床环境的准确点患病率数据对于了解在痴呆中的负担和为医疗保健资源分配提供信息至关重要.
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