CATIE news story
Researchers with Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare delivery system in the US, analyzed and compared health-related information collected between the years 2000 and 2023 from about 25,000 people with HIV and nearly 500,000 people without HIV. Specifically, the researchers focused on diagnoses of dementia in the medical records of participants.
The researchers found that, overall, diagnoses of dementia decreased over time in both populations. However, new cases of dementia were more common among people with HIV. This may inadvertently alarm some readers, but it is noteworthy that the proportions of HIV-positive people with dementia were relatively low.
Declining cognitive functioning and dementia can degrade quality of life and become disabling. Therefore, the study scientists called for “sustained attention to cognitive health and the integration of dementia-related services in HIV care.”
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Source : CATIE
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