A pilot randomized controlled trial of a home-based carer education and support intervention for people with dementia in Goa substantially reduced carer strain and was associated with a marginally non-significant 66% reduction in mortality in the intervention arm (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.01-1.03) [ 53 ].
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Predictors of mortality among elderly people living in a south Indian urban community; a 10/66 Dementia Research Group prospective population-based cohort study.
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There was an elevated mortality risk among ever smokers compared with those using smokeless tobacco and non-smokers, and a significant trend for an increasing risk with increasing levels of drinking from total abstinence through to heavy problem drinkers (Table 4 ).