Table 3 Prevalence of dementia in people with stroke, diabetes and visual impairment
From: Comorbidity and dementia: a scoping review of the literature
Study and country | Type of study | Type of population | Control/comparison | Eligibility criteria | Recruited from | Number whole sample | Number dementia/CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce [30] Australia | Longitudinal cross sectional | DM | NA | Defined by post-code, 70 years or older, diabetes | Patients living in catchment area of hospital (63% of eligible patients recruited) | 223 | 34 (15.3%) |
Feil [38] USA | Longitudinal cross-sectional | DM | NA | Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, 60 years or older | Geriatric clinic | 51 | 23 (45% CI) |
Feil [39] USA | Cross-sectional | DM | NA | Veterans aged 65 and older with diabetes mellitus | Research administration database (Veterans Health Administration) | 497000 | 65107 (13% dementia/CI) |
Hewitt [47] UK | Questionnaire | DM | NA | Type 2 diabetes, aged 75 and older, not resident in nursing homes | Data from RCT in Primary Care | 1047 | 235 (22.5% dementia/CI) |
Zhang [83] Australia | Retrospective cohort study | DM | NA | Veterans, 65 and older, received prescription for diabetes in previous six months | Health claims database | 17095 | 4.4% |
Saposnik [66] Canada | Retrospective cohort study | Stroke and dementia | Stroke no dementia | 18 years and older, first ischemic stroke | Stroke register (included patients admitted to 12 regional stroke centres in Ontario) | 10658 | 966 (9.1%) |
Whitson [78] USA | Cross-sectional | VI (macular disease) | NA | 65 and older, macular disease diagnoses | Low Vision Rehabilitation clinic | 101 | 19 (19%) |
Yochim [79] | Case series | VI (glaucoma) | NA | 50 and older, diagnosis of glaucoma | Glaucoma clinic | 41 | 44% (MCI) |