Prevalence of cognitive impairment in elderly population residing in an urban area of Belagavi

Khanna, Ambika B; Metgud, Chandra S

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“…In the present study, the cognitive function analysis showed that 37% of the elderly had mild to major cognitive impairment. The prevalence of cognitive impairment among the elderly population was reported to vary from 5-36% in different countries (15,33,34). The difference may be explained by the use of different measurement tools.…”

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Determinants of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Behavior in Iran: The Role of Socio Economic and Cognition Status

Masoumeh

Bazargani

Aghdam

et al. 2021

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Background: Elderly pedestrians are among the most vulnerable groups in terms of traffic-related injuries. This study aimed to investigate traffic behavior and its determinants among elderly pedestrians in Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the traffic behavior of 600 elderly pedestrians in Zanjan, northwestern Iran. Pedestrian traffic behavior was evaluated in five domains (traffic violations, traffic distraction, adherence to traffic rules, aggressive behaviors, and positive behaviors) using the Pedestrian Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ). Participants’ socioeconomic status (SES) was assessed by an SES questionnaire, and cognitive function was assessed by the Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMTS). The participants were selected using the multistage random sampling method.Results: 50% of elders were man. 488 (81.3%) of them had 60-74 and 112 (18.7%) were 75 years old and above. More than 90% of elderly pedestrians showed unsafe traffic behavior. This included traffic violations and failure to adhere to traffic rules. Almost half the elders were aggressive and distracted when walking and crossing the street. Higher SES was associated with both higher cognitive status and safer traffic behavior. Higher SES, healthy cognitive function, male sex, walking more than 1 hour a day, higher levels of education, and being married were among the determinants of safe traffic behavior.Conclusion: The majority of the elders showed unsafe traffic behavior Elderly pedestrians with high SES and healthy cognitive function were more likely to exhibit safe behavior than those with low SES and cognitive dysfunction. . Interventions are needed to improve the traffic behavior of elderly pedestrians special with low SES.

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Determinants of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Behavior in Iran: The Role of Socio Economic and Cognition Status

Masoumeh

Bazargani

Aghdam

et al. 2021

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“…Dementia, cognitive deficits as a result of a stroke, brain injury, or other acquired brain impairments, delirium, amnestic disorders, aphasia, psychosis, and severe mental illness have an impact on a person’s financial capacity. 4 , 24 A recent meta-analysis on assessing the financial decision-making of persons with neurocognitive and degenerative disorders showed consistently worse performance on performance-based tests when compared to healthy controls. The performance was linked to cognitive deterioration, particularly in working memory, processing speed, and numeracy.…”

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“…In a study done in Belagavi, 8.6% of an urban elderly population showed cognitive impairment. 4 This percentage is likely to increase for those over 70 or 80 years of age. But many of these people would not have had their cognitive assessment or seek consultation when they start to have cognitive difficulties.…”

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Assessment of the Financial Capacity in Elderly: Approach and Challenges in Indian Scenario

Chithra

Harbishettar

Gowda

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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The elderly population, with those individuals above the age of 60 years, is increasing exponentially, attributable to higher life expectancy as a result of improved health care, socioeconomic level, and quality of life. As they grow older (>80 years), it becomes difficult to manage their basic needs and daily living. A report on Decade of Healthy Ageing estimates that 14% of people aged 60 years and above cannot meet their basic daily needs which include the ability to manage finances. Some elderly people depend on others to manage finances because of their inability to make decisions resulting in conflicts and communication problems between siblings and other members of the family and lodging of civil lawsuits in India’s joint family unit. So, decision-making is an important area to assess in the elderly people, given its clinical, legal, and ethical aspects. Courts of law can refer to older persons for assessing their capacity to manage finances, though there are no structured clinical procedures to assess it in India. This article evaluates existing methods around the world, discusses the challenges associated with the assessment, and provides clinicians with guidance on assessing financial capacity from an Indian perspective.

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“…In India it is estimated that 5.3 million people above the age of 60 have dementia in 2020, which mean one in every 27 person is having dementia, according to the Dementia in India 2020 report. Data shows the burden of congitive impairment is already signi cant for older adult (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). Cognitive impairment is an important age related condition and often brings along numerous another mental ailments such as depression, ADL, IADL, dementia and Alzhiemer's disease and problem indeed is multifactorial (25).…”

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“…Though few attempts have been made to understand the association between cognitive impairment and migration at international level (5,(31)(32)(33)(34), studies on same in Indian context are scarce. Though few studies have been conducted to understand and analyse cognitive impairment in India (13,15,16,20,21,23,27,(35)(36)(37)(38), cognitive health of migrant older adults in India is largely ignored. The impact of disease on older migrants has so far largely been ignored.…”

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Association of Cognitive Impairment With Migrant Status Among Older Adults in India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Srivastava

Singh

Mishra

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Introduction Among various health implications for older adult, cognitive impairment and related dementias are significant public health concern in many low and middle income countries, including India and lack due attention in policy arena. Socio-economic and health vulnerability are associated with cognitive impairment among older adults. Therefore the present study explores the prevalence and determinants of cognitive impairment among older adults in India with special reference to migrant status of older adults. MethodsData for this study was utilized from recent release of Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) wave 1 2017-19. The LASI is a nationally representative survey over 72000 older adults age 45 and above across all states and union territories of India. The present study is conducted on the eligible respondent’s age 60 years and above. The total sample size for the present study is 31,464 older adults aged 60 years and above (Male-15,068; Female-16,366). Descriptive and logistic regression analysis carried to fulfil the objective of the study. ResultsOverall, the prevalence of cognitive impairment among male older adults was 6.4% and female older adults 19.8%. Non-migrant status (6.8%) was more likely to face cognitive impairment than migrant status (5.7%) among older adults. The high prevalence of cognitive impairment were found with increasing socio-economic, demographic and multi-morbidities among older adults. Older adults (male 6.7% vs. female 20.2%) with no social participation were more likely to be face cognitive impairment. The result of logistic regression of our study is supported the bivariate analysis. Older adults with migrant status were more likely to be suffered from the cognitive impairment with unadjusted [UOR; 1.57, CI: 1.45-1.70] & after adjusting with covariates [AOR; 1.14, CI: 1.03-1.26] as compared to non-migrant status. Among the individual factors, odds of impairment was very high for the oldest-older adults age group [AOR: 2.95, CI: 2.59-3.36] as compared to young-older adults and further, female older adults were more likelihood to be cognitive impairment [AOR: 1.99, CI: 1.77-2.24] than their counterparts. Similar findings were also found with socio-economic and health vulnerability among older adults.Conclusion The study demonstrates that female older adults need more care and support from community and government as they face higher cognitive impairment. Further, the results significantly varied across different socio-economically, demographically, regionally in cognitive impairment and those who were suffering with co-morbidities. Comprehensive primary health care with community health approach may improve the health status of older adults in later period of life.

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Prevalence of cognitive impairment in elderly population residing in an urban area of Belagavi

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

Determinants of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Behavior in Iran: The Role of Socio Economic and Cognition Status

Determinants of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Behavior in Iran: The Role of Socio Economic and Cognition Status

Assessment of the Financial Capacity in Elderly: Approach and Challenges in Indian Scenario

Association of Cognitive Impairment With Migrant Status Among Older Adults in India: A Cross-Sectional Study

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