Trends in the prevalence of cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults: based on the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey cohorts from 1998 to 2014

Abstract

In the context of a rapidly ageing Chinese population, this study aims to examine trends in the prevalence of cognitive impairment among people ≥65 y of age in China. Our sample is 72 821 adults aged 65–105 y from the seven waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, a national mixed longitudinal cohort. The Chinese version of the Mini-Mental State Examination was used to measure CI. Risk factor-adjusted prevalence trend was examined using multilevel regression models. Age-standardized prevalence of cognitive impairment increased from 11.00% in 1998 to 11.84% in 2008 and decreased to 8.88% in 2014. Older age, female gender, less education, rural residence, not married, lack of physical and cognitive activities, suffering from stroke, vision and hearing impairment, and activities of daily living disability were negatively associated with cognitive impairment. Our study suggests a decreasing trend of cognitive impairment prevalence in China. However, whether decreasing prevalence will contribute to a reduced burden of cognitive impairment given the ageing of the population is unknown.

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