Homma A, Hasegawa K
Section of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan, Institute of Gerontology, Japan.
Int Psychogeriatr. 1989 Spring;1(1):31-49. doi: 10.1017/s1041610289000049.
In this review article, we describe the historical background of gerontopsychiatry in Japan and elucidate research studies on dementia. To date, 19 relatively large-scale epidemiological investigations on dementia have been conducted in the community. These results suggest that approximately 4-5% of the population over age 65 has dementia. Multi-infarct dementia is more prevalent than the Alzheimer's type dementia. Three hypotheses for this finding are suggested. Finally, we propose a theoretical model correlating the relationship between degree of cognitive dysfunction and caregiver's stress.
在这篇综述文章中，我们描述了日本老年精神病学的历史背景，并阐明了关于痴呆症的研究。迄今为止，已经在社区中进行了19项相对大规模的痴呆症流行病学调查。这些结果表明，65岁以上的人群中约有4%-5%患有痴呆症。多发性梗死性痴呆比阿尔茨海默型痴呆更为普遍。针对这一发现提出了三种假说。最后，我们提出了一个理论模型，将认知功能障碍程度与照顾者压力之间的关系联系起来。
