The aim of this study was to determine whether pattern-reversal Visual Evoked Potential (PRVEP) is affected in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Participants aged ≥ 60 years diagnosed as MCI were invited to participate in a study together with a group of controls. PRVEP was measured using A RETI-port/Scan 21 and stimuli of large and small checks sizes, 1° (60 min of arc) and 0.25° (15 min) respectively were used to obtain responses. The amplitude and implicit times of the MCI and control groups were then compared. A total of 18 MCI participants (age 65.7 ± 3.1 years) and 18 controls (65.1 ± 3.8 years) consented to participate in the study. The amplitude and implicit times for the MCI group using the target sizes of 60 min of arc were 9.80 ± 4.06 μV and 108.83 ± 7.63 ms and for 30 min of arc were 11.00 ± 7.44 μV and 123.96 ± 6.18 ms respectively. Consecutively for the control groups the amplitudes and implicit times were 8.96 ± 3.52μV, 105.85 ± 3.60 ms and 11.97± 6.11 μV, 122.57 ± 8.28 ms. PRVEP results did not reveal significant differences in P100-wave amplitude nor implicit time between the two groups under investigation. This study concluded that the visual pathway of MCI participants may be unaffected in the early part of the disease process.
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The Malaysian population is aging, and the elderly are less healthy than the young. The majority of the elderly remain in their own home, although some choose to live in a pondok and others are institutionalized. The main concern in the care of the elderly is maintaining the quality of life (QOL) up to the last moment. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of living place (home, pondok, or old folks’ home) on QOL of the elderly in Kelantan, Malaysia. Four-hundred seventy-one respondents participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants age 60 years old and above were selected conveniently and the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was administered by face to face interview to measure quality of life. Multivariate analysis of variance was applied to detect the impacts and p-value < 0.05 was considered significant. Significant differences in mean score of physical (p = 0.011), psychological (p < 0.001), social (p < 0.001), and environmental (p = 0.001) aspects of QOL were detected among participants living at home, in a pondok, and in an old folks’ home. The elderly living in their own home had the highest scores in the physical, social, and environmental domains. Those living in a pondok scored highest in the psychological domain. The elderly living in an old folks’ home had the lowest scores in all domains. A significant effect of living place on QOL of the elderly was detected (p < 0.001) and there was a significant effect of living place on QOL after medical illness and age were controlled (p < 0.001,). Conclusion: Living place had a significant effect on QOL of the elderly, with best QOL for own home living elderly. We recommend elderly should remain in their own home till the end of their life.
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Demographic transition presents a significant challenge to the world. People experience longer life because the aging population is increasing rapidly. Organizations of integrated care for older people confirmed that the elderly were more prone to being victims of chronic diseases and serious issues. Factors related to the utilization of outpatient services generally have been explored, but there are limited studies on the elderly with hypertension. This study aims to analyze the elderly population using outpatient services for hypertension, in Indonesia. The cross-sectional study is used as the study. We obtained data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2014. There were 2,308 elderly. Bivariate analysis was using chi-square, and multivariate analysis using multiple logistic regression. It was found that 24.1% of the elderly with hypertension used outpatient services. Variables significantly associated with the utilization of outpatient services were gender, insurance status, health status, economic status, the number of chronic diseases, marital status, self-limited activity, and region. The main predictor of the utilization of outpatient services is the number of chronic diseases. In conclusion, the number of chronic diseases was significantly influenced among the elderly with hypertension by using outpatient services. More effort by the government is needed to expand the policy of promotion and prevention in chronic diseases.
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