Investigation of cognitive ability among people aged 65 years or over in the elderly housing in ChongQing
- VernacularTitle:重庆市老年公寓65岁及以上老人认知功能初步筛查
- Author:
Aipin ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elderly rooming;
Cognitive Ability;
Mini-mental state examination
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
1986;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the situation of cognitive ability among people in the elderly housing in Chongqing.Methods:A cross-sectional study was respectively conducted among the elderly people aged 65 years or above sampled from each elderly housing in Chongqing's eight primary districts.The cluster sampling method was based on the Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE),Activity of daily living scale(ADL),Symptom checklist 90(SCL-90) and demographic questionnaire.Results:In the aspects of gender,profession and education,there were significant differences between the well-being elders and the diseased elders(P
