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A Machine Learning Approach to Design an Efficient Selective Screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Published on: January 11, 2020
[Association between family functionality and mild cognitive impairment in the family with the elderly]
María Fernanda Jiménez Lara1, Enrique Villarreal Ríos2, Liliana Galicia Rodríguez2
1Residencia de Medicina Familiar, Unidad de Medicina Familiar 49, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Celaya, Guanajuato, México.
Aim:
To determine the association between family functionality and mild cognitive impairment in the family with the elderly.
Methodology:
Analytical cross-sectional design in families with geriatric patients. A family with a geriatric patient was considered when at least one of its members was over 60years of age. The comparison groups were the family with a geriatric patient without cognitive impairment and the family with a geriatric patient with mild cognitive impairment determined with the MoCA instrument. Family functionality was evaluated with the family APGAR instrument, which identifies three categories: family functionality, moderate family dysfunction, and severe family dysfunction. Statistical analysis included Chi square and Mann-Whitney test.
Results:
In the family with a geriatric patient, in the group without cognitive impairment the prevalence of family functionality is 89.7% and in the group with mild cognitive impairment the prevalence of family functionality is 59.3% (MW=4.87, P<.000).
Conclusion:
There is an association between family functionality and mild cognitive impairment.
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