dc.contributor.author | Mubangizi, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Obua, Celestino | |
dc.contributor.author | Tsai, Alexander C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maling, Samuel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-20T09:07:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-20T09:07:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mubangizi, V., Maling, S., Obua, C., & Tsai, A. C. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, population-based study. BMC geriatrics, 20(1), 48. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/618 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Background: There is a paucity of data on the prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based study in a rural region of southwestern Uganda. The Brief Community Screening Instrument for Dementia was administered to a multi-stage area probability sample of400 people aged 60 years and over. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate correlates of probable dementia.
Results: Overall, 80 (20%) of the sample screened positive for dementia. On multivariable regression, we estimated the following correlates of probable dementia: age (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.02 per year; 95% confidence interval[CI], 1.10–1.03,p<0.001), having some formal education (AOR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.41–0.81,p= 0.001), exercise (AOR, 0.44;95% CI, 0.27–0.72,p= 0.001), and having a ventilated kitchen (AOR, 0.43; (95% CI, 0.24–0.77,p=0.001).
Conclusions: In this population-based sample of older-age adults in rural Uganda, nearly one-fifth screened positive for dementia. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Internationalization Center and the National Institute on Aging of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, under grant number D43TW010128-04S1. ACT reports salary support from R01113494. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | BMC Geriatrics | en_US |
dc.subject | Alzheimer’s disease | en_US |
dc.subject | Dementia | en_US |
dc.subject | Sub-Saharan Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, population-based study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |