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Measuring disability across cultures the psychometric properties of the WHODAS II in older people from seven low- And middle-income countries. the 10/66 Dementia research group population-based survey
(International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2010)
We evaluated the psychometric properties of the 12-item intervieweradministered screener version of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule – version II (WHODAS II) among older people living in seven ...
Strain and its correlates among carers of people with dementia in low-income and middle-income countries. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey.
(International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2012)
In a multi-site population-based study in several middle-income countries, we aimed to investigate relative contributions of care arrangements and characteristics of carers and care recipients to strain among carers of ...
Equity in the delivery of community healthcare to older people: Findings from 10/66 Dementia research group cross-sectional surveys in Latin America, China, India and Nigeria.
(BMC Health Services Research, 2011)
To describe patterns of recent health service utilisation, and consequent out-of-pocket expenses among older people in countries with low and middle incomes, and to assess the equity with which services are accessed and ...
Dietary fish and meat intake and dementia in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group
(American Journal o f Clinical Nutrition, 2009)
Evidence of an association between fish and meat consumption and risk of dementia is inconsistent and nonexistent in populations in developing countries. Objective: The objective was to investigate associations between ...
Ageing and dementia in low and middle income countries - Using research to engage with public and policy makers.
(In ternational Review of Psychiatry, 2008)
While two thirds of the 24 million people with dementia worldwide live in low and middle income countries, very little research has been conducted to support policy making in these regions. Among the non-communicable ...
A brief dementia screener suitable for use by non-specialists in resource poor settings-the cross-cultural derivation and validation of the brief Community Screening Instrument for Dementia.
(International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011)
Brief screening tools for dementia for use by non-specialists in primary care have yet to be validated in nonwestern settings where cultural factors and limited education may complicate the task. We aimed to derive a brief ...
Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study.
(PloS Medicine, 2012)
Even in low and middle income countries most deaths occur in older adults. In Europe, the effects of better
education and home ownership upon mortality seem to persist into old age, but these effects may not generalise ...
The prevalence, correlates, detection and control of diabetes among older people in low and middle incomecountries: a 10/66 dementia research group population-based survey.
(PloS Medicine, 2016)
Little is known of the epidemiology of diabetes among older people in low and middle income countries. We aimed to study and compare prevalence, social patterning, correlates, detection, treatment and control of diabetes ...
Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey.
(BMC Neurology, 2009)
1) To report site-specific normative values by age, sex and educational level for four components of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery; 2) to estimate the main and interactive effects of age, sex, ...
Frailty and the prediction of dependence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a 10/66 population based cohort study.
(BMC Medicine, 2015)
In countries with high incomes, frailty indicators predict adverse outcomes in older people, despite a lack of consensus on definition or measurement. We tested the predictive validity of physical and multidimensional ...