Die Forschung verfolgte die Patienten von 2014 bis 2021 und stellte fest, dass Männer mit Demenz um 24% häufiger während der Nachbeobachtungszeit sterben als Frauen, selbst nachdem die Forscher Unterschiede in Alter, Erkrankungen und Zugang zu Gesundheitsressourcen berücksichtigt hatten.

A major new study examining more than 5.7 million Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals significant gender differences in how dementia affects survival and healthcare needs after diagnosis.

The research tracked patients from 2014 to 2021 and found that men living with dementia had worse survival and higher use of certain healthcare services than women.

According to the study findings, men with dementia were 24% more likely to die during the follow-up period compared with women, even after the researchers accounted for differences in age, medical conditions and access to healthcare resources. The survival advantage for women remained consistent whether measured at one year, three years or five years after diagnosis.

At the one-year mark, the study showed that 21.8% of women had died compared with 27.2% of men.

The research also revealed that men living with dementia required more intensive medical care. Study data indicated that the men had higher rates of hospitalizations (50.5% versus 46.9% for women), were more likely to need hospice care and required more neuroimaging services such as brain scans. Women, however, were more likely than men to spend time in skilled nursing facilities.

Those findings challenge assumptions about why women bear a higher burden of dementia-related deaths in the general population. The study concluded that this disparity stems from women being more likely to develop dementia in the first place, rather than having worse survival rates once dementia is diagnosed.

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