Publication year
2013Source
Psychological Medicine, 43, 2, (2013), pp. 423-32ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Primary and Community Care
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Geriatrics
Journal title
Psychological Medicine
Volume
vol. 43
Issue
iss. 2
Page start
p. 423
Page end
p. 32
Subject
NCEBP 11: Alzheimer Centre; NCEBP 4: Quality of hospital and integrated care; NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public health; NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public health ONCOL 5: Aetiology, screening and detectionAbstract
BACKGROUND: The extent to which specific factors influence diagnostic delays in dementia is unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare duration from symptom onset to diagnosis for young-onset dementia (YOD) and late-onset dementia (LOD) and to assess the effect of age at onset, type of dementia, gender, living situation, education and family history of dementia on this duration. METHOD: Data on 235 YOD and 167 LOD patients collected from caregivers from two prospective cohort studies were used. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: The duration between symptom onset and the diagnosis of YOD exceeded that of LOD by an average of 1.6 years (2.8 v. 4.4 years). Young age and being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia were related to increases in the time to diagnosis. Subjects with vascular dementia experienced shorter time to diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to raise special awareness of YOD to facilitate a timely diagnosis.
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