Trends in prevalence and incidence of registered dementia and trends in multimorbidity among patients with dementia in general practice in Flanders, Belgium, 2000–2021: a registry-based, retrospective, longitudinal cohort study

Objectives With the ageing of our population, it seems plausible that the prevalence of both dementia and multimorbidity will increase in the following decades. The aim of this study is to examine the trends in prevalence and incidence of registered dementia and trends in multimorbidity in patients with dementia in general practice in Flanders.Design Retrospective, longitudinal cohort study.Setting Primary care practices across Flanders, Belgium.Participants Patients included in the Intego database.Methods Data were collected from the Intego database, a Belgian general practice registration ne... Mehr ...