Predicting incident dementia in community-dwelling older adults using primary and secondary care data from electronic health records
Konstantin Georgiev et al
Mental Health
Predicting risk of future dementia is essential for primary prevention strategies, particularly in the era of novel immunotherapies. However, few studies have developed population-level prediction models using existing routine healthcare data. In this longitudinal retrospective cohort study, we predicted incident dementia using primary and secondary care health records at 5, 10 and 13 years in 144,113 Scottish older adults who were dementia-free prior to 1st April 2009.
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