徳島市におけるもの忘れ検診 : 4年間の結果と展望

Tokushima City Medical Association has conducted memory screening by“primary caredoctors”since fiscal year 2004 to detect dementia in an early stage and to take its appropriatemedical care. The Association would like to report 4-year result of its activities till fiscal 2007.30,250 people went through primary medical examination in four years by an interview sheetconsisting of 10 questionnaire items. Among them, 8,009 people needed further detailed examination.4,271 people requiring detailed examination took secondary medical examination by MMSE.1,014 people were suspected of abnormality, and 681 people out of them were diagnosed as dementia.There were 20 juvenile dementia patients who were less than 65 years of age. These resultsshow the significance and importance of memory screening by“primary care doctors”who seepatients and their family in their community.