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There is a lack of knowledge about whether these individuals receive the same quality of diagnostics and treatment for AD as patients who are cohabiting.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Objectives:<\/jats:bold>\n                    To investigate the diagnostic work-up and treatment of community-dwelling AD patients who live alone.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    We performed a cross-sectional cohort study based on data from the Swedish Dementia Registry (SveDem). We studied patients diagnosed with AD between 2007 and 2015 (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u200a=\u200a26,163). Information about drugs and comorbidities was acquired from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register and the Swedish Patient Register.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    11,878 (46%) patients lived alone, primarily older women. After adjusting for confounders, living alone was inversely associated with receiving computed tomography (OR 0.90; 95% CI 0.82\u20130.99), magnetic resonance imaging (OR 0.91; 95% CI 0.83\u20130.99), and lumbar puncture (OR 0.86; 95% CI 0.80\u20130.92). Living alone was also negatively associated with the use of cholinesterase inhibitors (OR 0.81; 95% CI 0.76; 0.87), memantine (OR 0.77; 95% CI 0.72; 0.83), and cardiovascular medication (OR 0.92; 0.86; 0.99). On the other hand, living alone was positively associated with the use of antidepressants (OR 1.15; 95% CI 1.08; 1.22), antipsychotics (OR 1.41; 95% CI 1.25; 1.58), and hypnotics and sedatives (OR 1.09; 95% CI 1.02; 1.17).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Solitary living AD patients do not receive the same extent of care as those who are cohabiting.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3233\/jad-170102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,26]],"date-time":"2017-05-26T14:47:05Z","timestamp":1495810025000},"page":"1265-1272","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["Living Alone with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease: Data from SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Pavla","family":"Cermakova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden"},{"name":"National Instituteof Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maja","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juraj","family":"Secnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Garcia-Ptacek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden"},{"name":"S\u00f6dersjukhuset, Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristina","family":"Johnell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johan","family":"Fastbom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lena","family":"Kilander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health\/Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bengt","family":"Winblad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Eriksdotter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dorota","family":"Religa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences andSociety, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","first-page":"24","article-title":"Living arrangements among older people: An overview of trends in Europe and the USA","author":"Tomassini C","year":"2004","unstructured":"TomassiniC, GlaserK, WolfDA, Broese van GroenouMI, GrundyE (2004) Living arrangements among older people: An overview of trends in Europe and the USA. 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