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Chronic physical comorbidity is common in dementia. However, there is an absence of evidence to support good practice guidelines for attention to these problems. We aimed to study the extent of this comorbidity and its impact on cognitive function and disability in population-based studies in low and middle income countries, where chronic diseases and impairments are likely to be both common and undertreated. Methods: A multicentre cross-sectional survey of all over 65 year old residents (n 1⁄4 15 022) in 11 catchment areas in China, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico and Peru. We estimated the prevalence of pain, incontinence, hearing and visual impairments, mobility impairment and undernutrition according to the presence of dementia and its severity, and, among those with dementia, the independent contribution of these impairments to cognitive function and disability, adjusting for age, gender, education and dementia severity. Results: Incontinence, hearing impairment, mobility impairment and undernutrition were consistently linearly associated with the presence of dementia and its severity across regions. Among people with dementia, incontinence, hearing impairme

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Author

Martin Prince; Daisy Acosta; Cleusa P Ferri; Mariella Guerra; Yueqin Huang; KS Jacob; AT Jotheeswaran; Zhaorui Liu; Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez; Aquiles Salas; Ana Luisa Sosa; Joseph D. Williams

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)