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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2019

Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia in the Faroe Islands.

Maria Skaalum Petersen, Marjun Restorff, Tórmóður Stórá, Gunhild Waldemar, Sofus Joensen

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Prevalence of neurocognitive disorders in a rural area of Argentina]Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2021
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  5. High incidence of dementia in Faroese-born female residents in Denmark.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Skaalum PetersenDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Marjun RestorffThe Dementia Clinic, Psychiatric Center, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Tórmóður StóráThe Dementia Clinic, Psychiatric Center, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Gunhild WaldemarDepartment of Neurology, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sofus JoensenThe Dementia Clinic, Psychiatric Center, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
University of the Faroe Islands · FOUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDementia has become an important public health, economic, and social issue. Knowledge about prevalence, incidence, and trends of dementia in a country is of crucial importance. However, no studies of incidence or prevalence of dementia have been undertaken in the Faroe Islands.

objectivesThe aim was to estimate the overall and trend in incidence and prevalence of dementia among individuals ≥60 years in the Faroe Islands from 2010-2017.

methodsPopulation-based register study where all individuals ≥60 years with a dementia diagnosis from January 2010 to December 2017 were identified. The overall crude and age-and-sex-specific incidence and prevalence was assessed.

resultsThe overall crude incidence among individuals ≥60 years from 2010 to 2017 was 5.1 per 1000 individuals and the prevalence 22.5 per 1000 individuals. The age-and sex-standardized annual incidence of dementia fluctuated between 4.8 and 6.7 per 1000, with no clear secular trend while the age-and sex-standardized prevalence increased steadily from 14.5 in 2010 to 30.8 per 1000 individuals in 2017.

conclusionThe age-standardized incidence or prevalence estimates in the Faroes seem to be lower than in other countries. The incidence was relatively stable in the period while the prevalence of dementia simultaneously increased.

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