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- Epidemiologia da Demência e da Doença de Alzheimer em Portugal: Estimativas da Prevalência e dos Encargos Financeiros com a MedicaçãoPublication . Santana, Isabel; Farinha, Filipa; Freitas, Sandra; Rodrigues, Vitor; Carvalho, ÁlvaroIntroduction: The incidence and prevalence of global dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increase with age, almost doubling every five years after the sixth decade of life. Demographic aging is a reality in Portugal, being expectable that the number of dementia cases also increases. Even so, dementia-epidemiological data in Portugal is scarce and cost-of-illness studies are almost inexistent. Our aims were to obtain up-to-date information about the prevalence of dementia/ Alzheimer’s disease in Portugal, to estimate the number of cases effectively diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease and to determine illness-costs with specific dementia treatment. Material and Methods: The numbers of age-adjusted prevalence of dementia obtained for Occidental Europe (Alzheimer’s Disease International study), where applied to the resident population in Portugal (2013). Estimations related to diagnosis and treatment-costs were based in data provided by the Intercontinental Marketing Services Health (IMSH) – 2013. Results: The estimated number of Portuguese people with dementia among those aged ≥ 60 years, is 160287, representing 5.91% of this population-stratum. Knowing Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for 50-70% of all cases, we might conclude there are between 80144 and 112201 patients. According to IMSH-data, 76250 receive anti-dementia drugs and the costs of this kind of medication is 37 M€/year. Conclusions: As a consequence of the demographic aging, also the number of dementia cases increases. Aparentely, not all Alzheimer’s disease patients receive the recommended medication, suggesting this condition is still under-diagnosed. However, figures indicate a positive progression with an increment of treated cases and a reduction of medication-costs.
- Indicadores de saúde oral em adolecentesPublication . Bica, Isabel; Cunha, Madalena; Marinho, Catarina; Cordinhã, Patrícia; Rodrigues, Vitor; Reis Santos, MargaridaOs indicadores da saúde oral permitem mensurar o estado de saúde e higiene da boca. O presente, estudo de natureza descritiva e cariz transversal, foi realizado numa amostra constituída por 189 adolescentes com idades compreendidas entre os 11 e 17 anos, com uma média de idades de 13 anos (Dp=1.17), do concelho de Sátão, distrito de Viseu. A pesquisa teve como finalidade avaliar o Índice de Dentes Cariados, Perdidos e Obturados (CPOD), o Índice de Placa Bacteriana Simplificado e caracterizar as práticas de higiene oral dos adolescentes. Para o efeito, a avaliação dos indicadores de saúde oral foi efetuada por observação clínica. Em face dos resultados inferiu-se que os adolescentes apresentam saúde oral precária, com 34,9% de dentes cariados, a maioria apresenta placa bacteriana reveladora de deficientes práticas de higiene oral. Os resultados reforçam que o planeamento das intervenções de educação para a saúde em adolescentes devem considerar os valores dos indicadores de saúde oral.