Raina Sunil Kumar, Pandita Kamal Kishore, Razdan Sushil
Departments of Community Medicine and Medicine, Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences, Sidhra, Jammu (J & K), India.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2009 Jul;12(3):154-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.56313.
Mishriwala is one of five exclusive clusters of Kashmiri migrants established in 1990 to accommodate Kashmiri Pandit families who left Kashmir valley in the wake of militancy. Mishriwala migrant camp has seen minimal immigration and out-migration since its establishment. In an earlier study we reported on the prevalence of dementia amongst a Kashmiri migrant population. That study was conducted in the migrant camp at Mishriwala, 12 km west of Jammu city, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir State. We have developed standardized study methods and instruments for use in the Kashmiri-speaking population, which we used for screening for dementia during the prevalence study. We now report the results of a 1-year prospective study carried out to find out the incidence of dementia in the same population.
To ascertain the incidence of dementiain the Kashmiri Pandit population aged 60 years and above.
A 1-year, prospective, epidemiological study of 186 subjects aged 60 years and above, using cognitive and functional ability screening and clinical evaluation.
The incidence of dementia in this population was 5.34 cases per 1000 person-years.
米什里瓦拉是1990年设立的五个克什米尔移民专属聚居区之一，用于安置在武装冲突后离开克什米尔山谷的克什米尔潘迪特家庭。自成立以来，米什里瓦拉移民营地的迁入和迁出人数极少。在早期的一项研究中，我们报告了克什米尔移民人群中痴呆症的患病率。该研究在查谟市以西12公里处的米什里瓦拉移民营地进行，查谟市是查谟和克什米尔邦的冬季首府。我们开发了标准化的研究方法和工具，用于说克什米尔语的人群，在患病率研究中我们用这些方法和工具筛查痴呆症。我们现在报告一项为期1年的前瞻性研究结果，该研究旨在找出同一人群中痴呆症的发病率。
确定60岁及以上克什米尔潘迪特人群中痴呆症的发病率。
对186名60岁及以上的受试者进行为期1年的前瞻性流行病学研究，采用认知和功能能力筛查及临床评估。
该人群中痴呆症的发病率为每1000人年5.34例。
