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ArticleGeroScience2022

Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of dementia: real-life data in Hungary.

Nóra Balázs, Dániel Bereczki, András Ajtay, Ferenc Oberfrank, Tibor Kovács

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Article in GeroScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nóra BalázsDepartment of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Balassa utca 6., H-1083, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-3030-2563
Dániel BereczkiDepartment of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Balassa utca 6., H-1083, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-8374-0500
András AjtayDepartment of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Balassa utca 6., H-1083, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-0194-2596
Ferenc OberfrankInstitute of Experimental Medicine, Szigony utca 43., H-1083, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-2221-1314
Tibor KovácsDepartment of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Balassa utca 6., H-1083, Budapest, Hungary. kovacs.tibor@med.semmelweis-univ.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-8603-8848
Semmelweis University · HUHUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine · HU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dementia is one of the leading causes of death and disability in older population. Previous reports have shown that antidementia medications are associated with longer survival; nonetheless, the prevalence of their use and the compliance with them are quite different worldwide. There is hardly any available information about the pharmacoepidemiology of these drugs in the Eastern-European region; we aimed to analyze the use of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEis) for the treatment of dementia to provide real-life information from the Eastern European region. All medical and medication prescription reports of the in- and outpatient specialist services collected in the NEUROHUN database in Hungary were analyzed between 2013 and 2016. Survival, adherence, and persistence values were calculated. 8803 patients were treated with ChEis during the study period, which was only 14.5% of the diagnosed demented patients. The survival of treated patients (more than 4 years) was significantly longer than patients without ChEi treatment (2.50 years). The best compliance was observed with rivastigmine patch. Choosing the appropriate medication as soon as possible after the dementia diagnosis may lead to increased life expectancy.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCholinesterase InhibitorsAgedHumansHungaryRivastigmineCholinesterase InhibitorsRivastigmineAlzheimer's diseaseCholinesterase inhibitorsDementiaEpidemiologyPharmacoepidemiology

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PMID34655009
PMCPMC8811017
OpenAlexW3205598884

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