Socioeconomic Disparities in Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality: A Population-Based Study among Belgian Men and Women Aged 65 or Older.
This study investigates the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) – in terms of income and education – and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases, that is, dementia, parkinsonism, and motor neuron diseases (MNDs). We calculated age-standardized mortality rates and mortality rate ratios...
| Publicado en: | Inquiry (00469580) pp. 1 - 13 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Sage Publications Inc.
3/15/2024
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=176065160&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 176065160 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00469580 INQ jtl: Inquiry (00469580) issn: 00469580 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 3/15/2024 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 176065160 10.1177/00469580241237113 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Socioeconomic Disparities in Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality: A Population-Based Study among Belgian Men and Women Aged 65 or Older. aug: au: Dinneweth, Janna Gadeyne, Sylvie affil: Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies/Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium su: Mortality prevention Health services accessibility Research funding Data analysis Socioeconomic disparities in health Neurodegeneration Age distribution Social status Parkinsonian disorders Statistics Dementia Data analysis software Confidence intervals Comparative studies Regression analysis Motor neuron diseases Educational attainment Old age Belgium sug: subj: Belgium Mortality prevention Health services accessibility Research funding Data analysis Socioeconomic disparities in health Neurodegeneration Age distribution Social status Parkinsonian disorders Statistics Dementia Data analysis software Confidence intervals Comparative studies Regression analysis Motor neuron diseases Educational attainment Old age keyword: care homes dementia mortality inequality motor neuron disease neurodegenerative diseases parkinsonism socioeconomic position ab: This study investigates the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) – in terms of income and education – and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases, that is, dementia, parkinsonism, and motor neuron diseases (MNDs). We calculated age-standardized mortality rates and mortality rate ratios using log linear Poisson regression for different SEP groups, stratified by gender, age-group, and care home residency, utilizing the 2011 Belgian census linked to register data on cause-specific mortality for 2011 to 2016. Mortality was significantly higher in the lowest educational- and income groups. The largest disparities were found in dementia mortality. Income had a strong negative effect on parkinsonism mortality, education a positive effect. We found no significant association between SEP and MND. Our study provides evidence supporting the presence of socioeconomic disparities in mortality due to neurodegeneration. We found a strong negative association between SEP and NDD mortality, which varies between NDD, gender and care home residency. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|