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Assessment of Age-related Changes in Cognitive Functions Using EmoCogMeter, a Novel Tablet-computer Based Approach
Published on: February 14, 2014
[Risk factors for cognitive and functional impairment in the elderly]
Rubén de León-Arcila1, Feliciano Milián-Suazo, Nicolás Camacho-Calderón
1Unidad de Medicina Familiar 2, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Querétaro, México. ruben.deleon@imss.gob.mx
Objective:
To establish association between cognitive and functional impairment with economic, social and demographic factors, chronic disease and multidrug therapy in the aged patient.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2002 with 422 individuals 60 years old and older. A questionnaire for exploring social and economic conditions was applied. Folsteins' mini-mental exam and Katz, Lawton and Bronfman instruments were also applied. A bivariate analysis was performed to select variables for logistic regression (p = 0.20 in a chi(2)). Adjusted odds ratios were used to estimate association.
Results:
There were 422 individuals interviewed, 178 were male and 244 female, with a mean age of 68 years. The factors associated with cognitive impairment were stroke, female gender, and social and economic level. For daily activities diabetes mellitus 2 and for daily instrumental activities the associations were female gender, visual impairment and multi-drug therapy, all with p < 0.05.
Conclusions:
Some factors can prevent the presence of cognitive and functional impairment in the elderly.
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