2024-03-29T02:01:18Zhttp://buleria.unileon.es/oai/requestoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/131332021-05-05T00:00:38Zcom_10612_17col_10612_18
Prevalence of Comorbidities in Individuals Diagnosed and Undiagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in León, Spain and a Proposal for Contingency Procedures to Follow in the Case of Emergencies Involving People with Alzheimer’s Disease
Tortajada Soler, Macrina
Sánchez Valdeón, Leticia
Blanco Nistal, Marta
Benítez Andrades, José Alberto
Liébana Presa, Cristina
Bayón Darkistade, José Enrique
Enfermeria
Medicina. Salud
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) which is the most common type of dementia
is characterized by mental or cognitive disorders. People su ering with this condition find it
inherently di cult to communicate and describe symptoms. As a consequence, both detection
and treatment of comorbidities associated with Alzheimer’s disease are substantially impaired.
Equally, action protocols in the case of emergencies must be clearly formulated and stated. Methods:
We performed a bibliography search followed by an observational and cross-sectional study involving
a thorough review of medical records. A group of AD patients was compared with a control group.
Each group consisted of 100 people and were all León residents aged 65 years. Results: The following
comorbidities were found to be associated with AD: cataracts, urinary incontinence, osteoarthritis,
hearing loss, osteoporosis, and personality disorders. The most frequent comorbidities in the control
group were the following: eye strain, stroke, vertigo, as well as circulatory and respiratory disorders.
Comorbidities with a similar incidence in both groups included type 2 diabetes mellitus, glaucoma,
depression, obesity, arthritis, and anxiety. We also reviewed emergency procedures employed in the
case of an emergency involving an AD patient. Conclusions: Some comorbidities were present in both
the AD and control groups, while others were found in the AD group and not in the control group,
and vice versa.
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13133
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103398
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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