Abstract
Background. Dementia is one of the most frequent disorders among elderly patients, reaching to epidemic proportions with an estimated 4.6 million new cases globally annually. Partially effective treatments are available for dementia. Aims & Objectives. We aim to study drugs used in dementia and find out frequency of types of Dementia. Method. This was an observational study conducted at rurally based tertiary care hospital. Prospective data was collected from outpatient department, while retrospective data was collected from medical records. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. Result. Total 125 prescriptions of patients diagnosed with dementia were analyzed. Alzheimer's dementia was most common (65.6%), followed by vascular dementia (21.6%), and frontotemporal dementia (10.4%), with the rarest being Lewy body dementia in (2.4%) cases. 60.57% of patients were males. Mini Mental Score Examination mean score was 15.93 ± 1.37. Frontal Battery Assessment mean score was 4.75 ± 1.01. Prescribed drugs were Donepezil (68.49%), Rivastigmine (13.63%), Donepezil + Memantine (6.43%) and Galantamine (12.83%), Quetiapine (38.46%), Lorazepam (23.07%), Clozapine (11.53%), Escitalopram (10.25%), Haloperidol (3.84%), Zolpidem, Sertraline, Olanzepine (2.56%), Nitrazepine, Lamotrigine, Fluoxetine, Tianeptine (1.28%), Folic acid, and Vitamin B12, respectively. Conclusion. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia while Donepezil was the most frequent drug.
Highlights
Dementia is one of the most disabling disorders afflicting adult and elderly population reaching to epidemic proportions with an estimated 4.6 million new cases worldwide each year [1]
According to consensus guidelines on treatment of dementia before selecting a supplementation strategy, it is recommended that clear goals and target populations be set and checking of vitamin B12 and folic acid levels should be included in the diagnostic workup in patients undergoing assessment for dementia [7]
According to consensus guidelines on treatment of dementia before selecting a supplementation strategy, it is recommended that clear goals and target populations be set and, checking of vitamin B12 and folic acid levels should be included in the diagnostic workup in patients undergoing assessment for dementia [7]
Summary
Dementia is one of the most disabling disorders afflicting adult and elderly population reaching to epidemic proportions with an estimated 4.6 million new cases worldwide each year [1]. The Delphi consensus study estimated its prevalence to be 1.9% in people above 60 years of age in India [5] as well as South Asia, with an annual incidence of 4.3/1000. Dementia is one of the most frequent disorders among elderly patients, reaching to epidemic proportions with an estimated 4.6 million new cases globally annually. We aim to study drugs used in dementia and find out frequency of types of Dementia. Total 125 prescriptions of patients diagnosed with dementia were analyzed. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia while Donepezil was the most frequent drug
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