Prevalence of frontotemporal dementia in community-based studies in Latin America: a systematic review
Prevalência de demência frontotemporal em estudos de base comunitária na America Latina: uma revisão sistemática
Dement. neuropsychol; 7 (1), 2013
Publication year: 2013
Latin America (LA) is experiencing a rise in the elderly population and a consequent increase in geriatric problemssuch as dementia. There are few epidemiological studies assessing the magnitude of dementia and dementia subtypesin LA.
Objective:
To identify published community-based studies on the prevalence of FTD in LA countries.Methods:
Adatabase search for door-to-door studies on FTD prevalence in LA was performed. The search was carried out on Medline,Embase, and LILACS databases for research conducted between 1994 and 2012.The main inclusion criteria were:
use ofany internationally accepted diagnostic criteria and investigation of community samples.Results:
Four hundred and ninetytwo articles were found, of which 26 were initially pre-selected by title or abstract review. Five studies from 3 differentcountries were included. The FTD prevalence rates in community-dwelling elderly were 1.2 (Venezuela), 1.3 (Peru) and1.7-1.8 (Brazil) per thousand persons, depending on age group.Conclusion:
The FTD prevalence in LA studies showedvalues mid-way between those observed in western and in oriental populations. Despite the magnitude of this problem,epidemiological information on FTD remains scarce in LA.
A América Latina (AL) está experimentando um aumento na população de idosos e um consequente aumento nosproblemas geriátricos, como demência.