title: Prevalence of glaucoma in hospitalized older adults with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of glaucoma in older adults with dementia of the alzheimer's type (DAT).
  
  
  METHODS
  retrospective chart review: the prevalence of glaucoma was determined in older adults with a diagnosis of DAT or mixed dementia (DAT with vascular contribution) admitted to the geriatric and neurology units of the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal and the hôpital Maisonneuve-rosemont between april 2008 and april 2009 (n=220; DAT group). they were matched for age and date of hospitalisation to the first 220 individuals without dementia (control group) recruited from other medical units in the same hospitals: gastroenterology, internal medicine or cardiology. a diagnosis of glaucoma was deemed positive if recorded in the chart or if there was a medication compatible with this diagnosis. Chi-square tests were used for between-group comparisons.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects' age ranged from 66 to 101 years. the prevalence of glaucoma was 6.8% in our study population (n=30/440). glaucoma was significantly more prevalent in the DAT group (n= 21; 9.5%) than in the control group (n= 9; 4.1%) [χ₁² = 5.15; p = 0.023].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the prevalence of glaucoma was higher in a group of older adults with DAT than in a comparable control group. these results underscore the importance of providing regular eyecare for persons affected by DAT.
authors.forename: Andrée-Anne
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Marie-Ève
authors.initials: MÈ
authors.lastname: Théorět
authors.forename: Tanguy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: Marie-Jeanne
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kergoat
authors.forename: Fadi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massoud
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Latour
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chayer
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kergoat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies