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The Burden of Dementia due to Down Syndrome, Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Nichols, Emma; Abd-Allah, Foad; Kisa, Adnan; Murray, Christopher J L; Vos, Theo; Kisa, Sezer; Mokdad, Ali H.; Dementia Collaborators, GBD 2019 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: In light of the increasing trend in the global number of individuals affected by dementia and the lack of any available disease-modifying therapies, it is necessary to fully understand and quantify the global ... -
Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Nichols, Emma; Steinmetz, Jaimie D; Vollset, Stein Emil; Fukutaki, Kai; Chalek, Julian; Kisa, Adnan; Murray, Christopher J L; Mokdad, Ali H.; Hay, Simon I.; Kisa, Sezer; Vos, Theo; Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich; Forecasting Collaborators, GBD 2019 Dementia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Given the projected trends in population ageing and population growth, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase. In addition, strong evidence has emerged supporting the importance of potentially ... -
Global mortality from dementia: Application of a new method and results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Nichols, Emma; Kisa, Adnan; Vos, Theo; Collaborators, GBD 2019; Kisa, Sezer; Murray, Christopher J L; Mokdad, Ali H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: Dementia is currently one of the leading causes of mortality globally, and mortality due to dementia will likely increase in the future along with corresponding increases in population growth and population ... -
Use of multidimensional item response theory methods for dementia prevalence prediction: an example using the Health and Retirement Survey and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
Nichols, Emma; Abd-Allah, Foad; Hay, Simon I.; Kisa, Adnan; Murray, Christopher J L; Vos, Theo; Kisa, Sezer; Mokdad, Ali H.; Dementia Collaborators, GBD 2019 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Data sparsity is a major limitation to estimating national and global dementia burden. Surveys with full diagnostic evaluations of dementia prevalence are prohibitively resource-intensive in many settings. ...