Prevalence of Depression and Dementia among Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Manitoba, Canada
2011
Study Objective. To estimate and compare the prevalence of dementia and depression among adults with and without developmental disabilities (DDs). Methods. We linked data from several provincial administrative databases to identify persons with DDs. We matched cases with DD with persons without DD as to sex, age, and place of residence. We estimated the prevalence of dementia and depression and compared the two groups using the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEEs) technique. Results. The estimated prevalence of depression and dementia among younger adults (20–54) and older adults (50
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
47
References
27
Citations
NaN
KQI