Overdiagnosis of Dementia in Young Patients - A Nationwide Register-Based Study

L C Salem; B B Andersen; T R Nielsen; J Stokholm; M B Jørgensen; M H Rasmussen; G Waldemar

doi:10.1159/000345485

Overdiagnosis of Dementia in Young Patients - A Nationwide Register-Based Study

L C Salem, B B Andersen, T R Nielsen, J Stokholm, M B Jørgensen, M H Rasmussen, G Waldemar

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about the quality of the diagnostic evaluation and the validity of dementia diagnoses in young patients established in routine clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of the diagnosis of dementia registered in the Danish nationwide hospital registers in young patients. Methods: Two hundred patients were randomly selected from 891 patients

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Vol/bind	34
Udgave nummer	5-6
Sider (fra-til)	292-299
Antal sider	8
ISSN	1420-8008
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1159/000345485
Status	Udgivet - 2012

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