2000
DOI: 10.1159/000026248
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Recruitment Procedures and Their Impact on the Prevalence of Dementia

Abstract: Recruitment procedures may exert a considerable influence on the outcome of health surveys in the elderly. Their impact on the prevalence of dementia will be measured in an epidemiological field study in a sample of 1,692 randomly selected individuals (75+). Face-to-face interviews were conducted using SIDAM (structured interview for the diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer type, multi-infarct dementia and dementias of other etiology according to ICD-10 and DSM-III-R). Furthermore, proxy interviews were performe… Show more

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“…The same applies to the lack of selection bias with regard to the services providers, an even greater problem in field research. Information is available until death and nonresponse is excluded, whereas field studies on dementia have to deal especially with selection bias concerning, for example, old age, frailty or high cognitive impairment [22,23] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The same applies to the lack of selection bias with regard to the services providers, an even greater problem in field research. Information is available until death and nonresponse is excluded, whereas field studies on dementia have to deal especially with selection bias concerning, for example, old age, frailty or high cognitive impairment [22,23] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, 162 institutionalized individuals were included by systematic random sampling from an age-ordered list by the four institutions in the study area. Study details have been published elsewhere [12]. …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The baseline cohort was comprised of a total of 1,692 community-dwelling individuals aged 75 and over and resident in the Leipzig-South district, who were identified by systematic random sampling from an age-ordered list provided by the local registry office. The study design has been described in detail elsewhere [26].…”
Section: Methods J Samplementioning
confidence: 99%