Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in Nine Asian Countries

Yuan Han Yang; Kenichi Meguro; Sang Yun Kim; Yong Soo Shim; Xin Yu; Christopher Li Hsian Chen; Huali Wang; Linda Lam; Vorapun Senanarong; Jacqueline Dominguez; Pei Yuan Lu; Yu Te Lin; Chaur Jong Hu; Pai Yi Chiu; Jong Ling Fuh; Wen Fu Wang; Bao Cheng Yu; Tao Li; Ming Wei Wang; Rocksy Fransisca V. Situmeang; Jae Won Jang; Jing Zhang; Wai Chi Chan; Yu Ying Zhou; Hui Ling Lou; Li Zhang; Min Ye; Xu Chen

doi:10.1159/000443525

Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in Nine Asian Countries

Yuan Han Yang, Kenichi Meguro, Sang Yun Kim, Yong Soo Shim, Xin Yu, Christopher Li Hsian Chen, Huali Wang, Linda Lam, Vorapun Senanarong, Jacqueline Dominguez, Pei Yuan Lu, Yu Te Lin, Chaur Jong Hu, Pai Yi Chiu, Jong Ling Fuh, Wen Fu Wang, Bao Cheng Yu, Tao Li, Ming Wei Wang, Rocksy Fransisca V. SitumeangJae Won Jang, Jing Zhang, Wai Chi Chan, Yu Ying Zhou, Hui Ling Lou, Li Zhang, Min Ye, Xu Chen

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Background: Asia will soon have the majority of demented patients in the world. Objective: To assess dementia using a uniform data system to update the current status of dementia in Asia. Methods: A uniformed data set was administered in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia to gather data with regard to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its related issues for these countries. Results: In total, 2,370 AD patients and their caregivers were recruited from 2011 to 2014. The demographic characteristics of these patients and the relationships between patients and caregivers were different among individuals in these countries (p < 0.001). Of note, the family history for having dementia was 8.2% for females in contrast to 3.2% for males. Conclusion: Our study highlighted the differences in dementia assessment and care in developing versus developed countries. Greater effort with regard to studying dementia, especially in developing countries, is necessary.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-433
Number of pages	9
Journal	Gerontology
Volume	62
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000443525
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jun 15

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease
Asia
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand

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