AgeingandDementia-AlzheimerEurope.pptVIP

Content Epidemiology of dementia in Hungary International context Cross-sectional study in 2008 Aim: to investigate epidemiology, health status, health care utilisation and costs of dementia in Hungary Results Dementia in Hungary Based on the estimation of the demented in Hungary there is a noticeable difference between the domestic and the internationally published data According to international data of Hungary the number of demented is about 100 thousand – UNDERESTIMATION? (Wimo, Winblad, J?nsson 2007) According to previous Hungarian studies, the number of the demented vary between 530 and 917 thousand –OVERESTIMATION? (Ersek et al 2009) Cross-sectional study design Questionnaires used The Hungarian modified version of the Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD) questionnaire to evaluate the resources and costs by disease severities – with extra questions MMSE score as an indicator of the cognitive status The validated Hungarian version of the EQ-5D questionnaire to evaluate the patients’ and their caregivers’ quality of life. Methods With an outlook for the international literature and the available Hungarian information estimating the epidemiology of dementia in Hungary by age-groups and disease severity then make the estimation for the total population. Assigning the disease-related costs to the patients we estimated the burden of dementia in Hungary – with cost issues calculated by the cross-sectional survey in 2008. Cross-sectional study design II. Sample From 4 GP practices from 4 different cities and 1 outpatients setting of the Neurology Department - 88 consecutive patients and care givers were included – with interviewers’ guidance Baseline data Patients’ mean age was 78 years (SD: 8,5 years), 59% were female. The average disease duration was 3 years (SD: 2,9 years), average MMSE score was 16,7 (SD: 7,24), while EQ-5D was 0,401 (SD: 0,327). The caregivers’ mean age was 60 years and 72,7% of them were female. Average EQ-5D is 0,7