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Clinical Spectrum, Risk Factors, and Behavioral Abnormalities among Dementia Subtypes in a North Indian Population: A Hospital-Based Study

BACKGROUND: As variability in the clinical profile of dementia subtypes had been reported with regional differences across the world, we conducted a retrospective hospital-based study in a North Indian population. METHODS: We retrieved patient records from 2007 to 2014 for details of clinical evalua...

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Autores principales: Kushwaha, Suman, Talwar, Puneet, Anthony, Aldrin, Gupta, Meena, Bala, Kiran, Agarwal, Rachna, Sharma, Vibha, Kukreti, Ritushree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29033972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000478978
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: As variability in the clinical profile of dementia subtypes had been reported with regional differences across the world, we conducted a retrospective hospital-based study in a North Indian population. METHODS: We retrieved patient records from 2007 to 2014 for details of clinical evaluation, diagnosis, neuroimaging, biochemical investigations, and follow-up of 1,876 patients with dementia (PwD), and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: Of the total PwD, Alzheimer disease (AD) accounted for 30% followed by vascular dementia (VaD) 26%, mixed dementia (MD) 21%, Parkinson-related dementia 11%, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) 7%, and infective dementia 5%. Of all PwD excluding the infective group (n = 1,777), 63% were men, 39% were from rural areas, 87% had behavioral abnormalities along with cognitive deficits, and 73% had impaired ADLs. Among dementia subtypes, a positive family history, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and behavioral abnormalities were found to be distributed. However, there existed a predominance of specific behavioral pattern in each subtype. The mean duration of follow-up varied from 2.9 ± 2.3 (VaD) to 3.6 ± 2.1 (AD) and greater than 30% were found to be stable on treatment (except in dementia with Lewy body). CONCLUSIONS: This large hospital-based study provides a distribution pattern and clinical spectrum of dementia subtypes in a North Indian population.