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Pioneers in migration, pioneering in dementia: first generation immigrants in a European metropolitan memory clinic
- Source :
- Acta neurologica Belgica; December 2013, Vol. 113 Issue: 4 p435-440, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- By reviewing the clinical files of 1,058 consecutive newly admitted outpatients of a Brussels-based memory clinic between 2005 and 2012, this study aims to document the demographic and clinical characteristics of European and non-European first generation immigrants. They accounted for 18.6 % of the patients, of which 8.6 % came from outside Europe (mostly from Morocco, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of Congo). Immigrants with AD tended to be younger, and there was a higher proportion of males among non-European ethnic minorities. There was a higher proportion of Parkinson-related cognitive disorders and Lewy Body disease among European immigrants, whereas non-Europeans had more often a psychiatric diagnosis. Even after correction for education, non-European immigrants had lower MMSE scores, and they did report longer delays between first symptoms and diagnosis, although this last difference was not statistically significant. These results suggest that non-European immigrants with cognitive problems consult later.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03009009 and 22402993
- Volume :
- 113
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Acta neurologica Belgica
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs31602835
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-013-0245-z