Lobo A, Dewey M, Copeland J, Día J L, Saz P
Department of Psychiatry, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Psychol Med. 1992 Feb;22(1):239-43. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700032906.
The prevalence of dementia in elderly people living in the community was compared using data from Zaragoza (Spain) and Liverpool (UK). A standardized interview, the Geriatric Mental State (GMS), was administered to a random sample of 1070 persons in Liverpool and 1080 in Zaragoza. Using diagnoses derived from the GMS-AGECAT package we found no significant difference between the prevalence of dementia in Zaragoza (7.4%) and Liverpool (5.0%). The expected increase in prevalence with age was found, but the two cities did not appear to differ in the relationship between age and prevalence. No sex difference was apparent, and the two cities do not differ in the relationship between sex and prevalence.
利用来自西班牙萨拉戈萨和英国利物浦的数据，对居住在社区中的老年人痴呆症患病率进行了比较。对利物浦的1070人和萨拉戈萨的1080人进行了随机抽样，并采用标准化访谈——老年精神状态检查（GMS）。利用从GMS-AGECAT软件包得出的诊断结果，我们发现萨拉戈萨（7.4%）和利物浦（5.0%）的痴呆症患病率之间没有显著差异。发现患病率随年龄增长呈预期的上升趋势，但两个城市在年龄与患病率的关系上似乎没有差异。没有明显的性别差异，且两个城市在性别与患病率的关系上也没有差异。
