Advanced dementia in a sample of brazilian elderly: sociodemographic and morbidity analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Marco Túlio Gualberto Cintra
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Nilton Alves de Rezende, Henrique Oswaldo da Gama Torres
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.62.08.735; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57563; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-655X
• topic: Alzheimer’s disease; Comorbidity; Socioeconomic factors; Aged; Doença de Alzheimer; Comobirdade; Fatores Socioeconômicos; Idoso

Introduction: To investigate the sociodemographic and morbidity profile of advanced dementia patients and sociodemographic data of their primary caregivers. Method: Data was obtained from 67 elderly recruited for an observational pro spective study, through interviews performed with primary caregivers. For statistical analysis, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS®) for Windows®, version 19.0. was employed. Results: Advanced dementia patients were mostly women, widows, and non-institutionalized, with low-income. An elevated rate of stroke, sarcopenia, and pressure ulcers in this population is noted. Caregivers were mostly women, married, children of the studied patients, and unemployed. Only one third of caregivers were hired for the task. Conclusion: Patients with advanced dementia present a high morbidity profile, low income, and depend on the care given by family members, mostly unemployed daughter