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Estudo epidemiológico das doenças neurodegenerativas na Região da Guarda - Portugal

2023; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/2675-5602.20200338

2675-5602

Ermelinda Marques, Manuel do Nascimento Silva Paulino, Teresa Paiva, Agostinha Corte, Maria Cristina Pereira Morgado Fonseca,

Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders

The aim was to characterize the population with neurodegenerative diseases in the region of Guarda. An epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out of the user population of the Local Health Unit of Guarda, EPE, located in the Central Region of Portugal, with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease, according to the International Classification of Primary Health Care - ICPC-2 : P70 - Dementia, N86 - Multiple Sclerosis - and N87 - Parkinsonism. The data source was the Regional Health Administrations Information System (SIARS), and the sample consisted of 2500 people with neurodegenerative disease. Dementia is the most prevalent of these diseases (62%), followed by Parkinsonism (32%). The proportion of active diagnoses was 1.66%. Most are women (66%), the average age is 79 (± 11.99) years, with a range of 92 years, minimum 19 and maximum 111 years. The characterization of the population with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases proves to be an important contribution to delineating specific and targeted intervention strategies for the target population and, thus, proceeding with the study of the quality of life of people with neurodegenerative diseases and their families.