title: Advanced dementia in a sample of Brazilian elderly: Sociodemographic and morbidity analysis.
abstract: To investigate the sociodemographic and morbidity profile of advanced dementia patients and sociodemographic data of their primary caregivers.
  Data was obtained from 67 elderly recruited for an observational prospective study, through interviews performed with primary caregivers. For statistical analysis, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS(r)) for Windowsr, version 19.0. was employed.
  Advanced dementia patients were mostly women, widows, and non-institutionalized, with low-income. An elevated rate of stroke, sarcopenia, and pressure ulcers in this population is noted. Caregivers were mostly women, married, children of the studied patients, and unemployed. Only one third of caregivers were hired for the task.
  Patients with advanced dementia present a high morbidity profile, low income, and depend on the care given by family members, mostly unemployed daughters.
authors.affiliation: PhD Student in Adult Health at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Geriatric Physician, Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco Túlio Gualberto
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cintra
authors.affiliation: Postdoctor in Medical Epidemiology from UFMG. Full Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG (FM-UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilton Alves de
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.affiliation: PhD in Adult Health from UFMG. Adjunct Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, FM-UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Oswaldo da Gama
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D065228:Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices