A systematic review of the quality of studies on dementia prevalence in Italy

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 615 - 10
• Main Authors: Bruti, Gianluca, Cavallucci, Elisabetta, Mancini, Michele, Bitossi, Alessandro, Baldereschi, Marzia, Sorbi, Sandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.10.2016; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease; Analysis; Data analysis; Dementia; Dementia - epidemiology; Epidemiology; European studies; Female; Humans; Italy; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Prevalence; Publications - standards; Quality; Research Design - standards; Standard deviation; Systematic review; Italy; Italy; Alzheimer’s disease; Epidemiology; Dementia

Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), is one of the most burdensome medical conditions. In order to better understand the epidemiology of dementia in Italy, we conducted a systematic search of studies published between 1980 and April 2014 investigating the prevalence of dementia and AD...