Publications by authors named "X Planas-Pujol"
Aims: To estimate the mortality risk related to different mood disorders in a geriatric sample of subjects aged 70 years and over without dementia.
Method: All non-demented subjects at baseline who participate on a second phase of a population-based cohort study were included. Adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the association between depression and 5-year survival of 451 elderly people without dementia originally recruited for a representative community dementia cohort study.
Background: Drug consumption in the general population is concentrated in the elderly. The aim of this study was to assess the pharmacological profile of elderly people 75 years of age and older, to assess the relationship with the cognitive function and the variables associated with drug consumption.
Methods: This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, door-to-door study among the non-institutionalised population in a rural area.
Introduction: The indirect cost associated with the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease is taken on primarily by the family.
Aim: To describe the cost associated with time dedication, its annual evolution, associated characteristics and related caregiver burden.
Subjects And Methods: Non-institutionalized patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease who are managed on an out-patient basis in a diagnosis unit and their primary caregivers.
Purpose: The aim of the study was to develop a cross-cultural adaptation and to evaluate the validity and reliability of a Spanish version of the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia (QUALID) scale.
Methods: Observational and cross-sectional validation study. The QUALID was translated according to standardised procedures.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of suspected elder abuse subtypes and to identify related factors.
Design: Cross-sectional, population-based, descriptive study.
Setting: Eight rural villages in Girona, Spain.