ArticleNeuroepidemiology2019
Prevalence of Essential Tremor in the Faroe Islands: A Population-Based Study.
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- The global prevalence of essential tremor, with emphasis on age and sex: A meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2021Pooled it
- How Common is Essential Tremor? Update on the Worldwide Prevalence of Essential Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence estimation of essential tremor in Hungary between 2010 and 2020 based on the National Health Insurance Fund Database.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Archimedes Spiral Ratings: Determinants and Population-Based Limits of Normal.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Potential Essential Tremor Cases in Turkish Adolescents According to The WHIGET Classification.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Depressive symptoms predict memory decline in Essential Tremor.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Developmental Dyslexia in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Essential tremor.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021Review
- Meat Consumption and Meat Cooking Practices in Essential Tremor: A Population-Based Study in the Faroe Islands.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- The Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Essential Tremor in Elderly Chineses: A Population-Based Study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Article
- Blood Harmane (1-Methyl-9H-Pyrido[3,4-b]indole) and Mercury in Essential Tremor: A Population-Based, Environmental Epidemiology Study in the Faroe Islands.Neuroepidemiology · 2020Article
- Essential tremor: New advances.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2020Review
- Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia in the Faroe Islands.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2019Article
- Involuntary Thumb Flexion on Neurological Examination: An Unusual Form of Upper Limb Dystonia in the Faroe Islands.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Article
- High Prevalence of Dystonia in the Faroe Islands: A Population-Based Study.Neuroepidemiology · 2019Article
- The Pharmacotherapeutic Landscape for Essential Tremor: Quantifying the Level of Unmet Need From a Patient and Epidemiologic Perspective.Clinical neuropharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNo studies of the prevalence of one of the most common movement disorders, essential tremor (ET), have been undertaken in the Faroe Islands. Given the potential for founder effects in the Islands, and the highly genetic nature of ET, the Faroe Islands provide a particularly interesting setting in which to study the prevalence of ET.
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of ET and study its characteristics.
methodsWe used a 2-phase, population-based design, screening 1,328 randomly selected Faroese individuals aged ≥40 years. A subsample of 282 individuals who had returned the spirals and questionnaire was selected to participate in an in-person clinical evaluation. Tremor was systematically quantified by a senior movement disorder neurologist with particular specialization in tremor using a reliable and valid clinical rating scale followed by the application of rigorous diagnostic criteria used by tremor investigators internationally.
resultsThe overall crude prevalence was 2.9%. The age-adjusted prevalence was 3.1%. There was an age-associated rise in prevalence; by age ≥70, prevalence reached 4.8%. Twenty six of 27 (96.2%) were previously undiagnosed.
conclusionsThis is the first population-based study of the prevalence of ET in the Faroe Islands. The estimated prevalence was similar to studies using the same or comparable methodologies.
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