title: Geriatric Mental State-AGECAT: prevalence, incidence and long-term outcome of dementia and organic disorders in the Liverpool study of continuing health in the community.
abstract: The GMS-AGECAT package was used in the initial assessment and 3-year follow-up of a random sample of 1,070 elderly people living in the community. A prevalence of 4.3% is found for dementia after confirmation of diagnoses by outcome at year 3. The overall incidence of dementia was 9.2/1,000 per year after partial adjustments for outcome of year 6. Incidence per year for sub-types of dementia were AD 6.3/1,000, vascular 1.9/1,000, and alcohol-related 1.0/1,000.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*