A follow-up study of dementia diagnosed in the community using the Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination

BackgroundThe aim was to give estimates of the incidence of different mental disorders from a Finnish prospective epidemiological follow-up study, the UKKI Study.MethodThe original probability sample consisted of 1000 persons, aged 15–64 years. The baseline survey took place in 1969–71, and follow-up surveys were conducted 5 and 16 years after the baseline survey. The research methods included a personal psychiatric interview and data collection from different registers. The diagnostic system was based on the ICD–8 classification.ResultsThe estimated annual incidence of all mental disorders was close to 15 per 1000 both between baseline and the 5-year follow-up as well as between the 5-year and the 16-year follow-up. During the entire 16-year follow-up period the annual incidence of all disorders was 14 per 1000 in men and 17 per 1000 in women. The annual incidence of neurotic disorders was 10 per 1000 in men and 14 per 1000 in women, and that of psychotic disorders 2 per 1000.ConclusionsIn the literature, there are huge differences in the results concerning incidence of mental disorders. The results of the present study were rather close to those of the Swedish Lundby Study, but nowhere near the results of the American ECA Study.

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Radiographic features and risk of curve progression of de-novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis in the elderly: a 15-year follow-up study in a community-based cohort

Journal of Orthopaedic Science ◽

10.1007/s00776-012-0253-5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 526-531 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Atsunori Watanuki ◽

Hiroshi Yamada ◽

Shunji Tsutsui ◽

Yoshio En-yo ◽

Munehito Yoshida ◽

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Keyword(s):

De Novo ◽

The Elderly ◽

Curve Progression ◽

Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis ◽

Community Based ◽

Radiographic Features ◽

Lumbar Scoliosis ◽

Follow Up Study

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Perceived chewing ability and need for long-term care in the elderly: a 5-year follow-up study

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2842.2012.02302.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (8) ◽

pp. 568-575 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

S. MORIYA ◽

K. TEI ◽

A. MURATA ◽

M. MURAMATSU ◽

N. INOUE ◽

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Keyword(s):

Long Term Care ◽

The Elderly ◽

Term Care ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Chewing Ability

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A Follow-up Study of Psychiatric Disturbance in a Cape Coloured Community

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.123.3.279 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 123 (574) ◽

pp. 279-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

L. S. Gillis ◽

G. L. Stone

Keyword(s):

Mental Disorders ◽

Natural History ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Longitudinal Studies ◽

Response To Treatment ◽

Psychiatric Disturbance ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

History Of

Longitudinal studies of psychiatric disturbance in communities are important in order to determine the natural history of mental disorders. Most studies have focused on the prevalence of known psychiatric disorders and response to treatment, but only a few on the follow up of a population not previously recognized as psychiatrically ill (Beiser (1), Hagnell (5), Helgason (6), Myers and Bean (10)). The present study is an attempt to do this, and also to follow up untreated disorder within a community.

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