ReviewJournal of the neurological sciences2020
Correlations between COVID-19 and burden of dementia: An ecological study and review of literature.
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- Dementia as a mortality predictor among older adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Pooled it
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- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Locomotor Disability in North India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence and economic burden of dementia in the Arab world.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Externalizing traits: Shared causalities for COVID-19 and Alzheimer's dementia using Mendelian randomization analysis.PNAS nexus · 2023Article
- Associations of cognitive impairment with self-isolation and access to health and care during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The risk factors and predictive modeling of mortality in patients with mental disorders combined with severe pneumonia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and community-based care services: Experiences of people living with dementia and their informal carers in Italy.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Using Twitter to understand perspectives and experiences of dementia and caregiving at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Dementia-friendly initiatives within the context of COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and strategies perceived by service professional stakeholders from the USA and China.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Using Twitter to Examine Stigma Against People With Dementia During COVID-19: Infodemiology Study.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional clinic-based study.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Social Health among German Nursing Home Residents with Dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Role of Technology to Promote Social Participation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dementia Clinical Care in Relation to COVID-19.Current treatment options in neurology · 2022Review
- The impact of dementia daycare service cessation due to COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022Article
- Social Isolation and the Use of Technology in Caregiving Dyads Living With Dementia During COVID-19 Restrictions.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Decrease in life expectancy due to COVID-19 disease not offset by reduced environmental impacts associated with lockdowns in Italy.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- Functional dependency and COVID-19 in elderly patients with mild to moderate disease. Experience of tertiary geriatric hospital.Experimental gerontology · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionCurrent evidence on the association between COVID-19 and dementia is sparse. This study aims to investigate the associations between COVID-19 caseload and the burden of dementia.
methodsWe gathered data regarding burden of dementia (disability-adjusted life years [DALYs] per 100,000), life expectancy, and healthy life expectancy (HALE) from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 study. We obtained COVID-19 data from Our World in Data database. We analyzed the association of COVID-19 cases and deaths with the burden of dementia using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
resultsGlobally, we found significant positive (p < .001) correlations between life expectancy (r = 0.60), HALE (r = 0.58), and dementia DALYs (r = 0.46) with COVID-19 caseloads. Likewise, we found similar correlations between life expectancy (r = 0.60), HALE (r = 0.58) and dementia DALYs (r = 0.54) with COVID-19 mortality.
conclusionHealth policymakers should clarify a targeted model of disease surveillance in order to reduce the dual burden of dementia and COVID-19.
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