Prevalence and influencing factors of mild cognitive impairment among the elderly in Zhoushan City
10.19485/j.cnki.issn2096-5087.2018.02.015
- VernacularTitle:舟山市社区老年人轻度认知功能损害影响因素研究
- Author:
Su-Ya ZHONG
1
;
Zhen-Dong TONG
;
Ben-Xiang HU
;
Xiang-Bo YUAN
;
Wei CHEN
;
Fen-Na ZHANG
;
Qing YU
Author Information
1. 舟山市普陀山社区卫生服务中心
- Keywords:
Mild cognitive impairment;
Elderl;
Prevalence;
Epidemiological factor
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2018;30(2):170-172,175
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To learn the prevalence, distribution and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among elderly in Zhoushan City, and to provide the reference for MCI control. Methods A total of 1801 elderly people aged 60 to 79 years old from six districts of Zhoushan City were sampled by method of stratified random sampling. After self-evaluated with Ascertain Dementia 8 (AD8) and screened with Screening Scale for Mild Cognitive Impairment (sMCI), the diagnosis by specialists was conducted for that positive to AD8 and sMCI. Results of 1801 respondents, 873 (48.47%) people were male, and the other 928 (51.53%) people were female; 38.65% of the people selected aged 60-<65; 90.28% had a primary school education or were illiterate; 78.51% had legitimate and healthy wives. A total of 122 elderly people were diagnosed with MCI, and the prevalence of MCI was 6.77%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that male elderly people (OR=0.53, 95%CI:0.28-1.00) were less likely to develop MCI compared to the female, and the illiterate (OR=2.09, 95%CI: 1.16-3.77) were more likely to develop MCI compared to the educated . Conclusion The prevalence of MCI among the elderly in Zhoushan was 6.77%; the female and the illiterate were more likely to develop MCI.