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| Paper Title: | Prevalence of Dementia and its association with modifiable risk factors in Elderly Veterans attending Geriatric Opd in a Tertiary care centre |
| Authors Name: | Sumit Bhasker , Amit Sreen |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2306103 |
| Published In: | Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 |
| Abstract: | Abstract Background: Around 50 million people live with dementia, and this number is projected to increase to 152 million by 2050, rising particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. Nine potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia are - lack of education, hypertension, hearing impairment, smoking, obesity, depression, physical inactivity, diabetes, and low social contact. Recently three more risk factors for dementia have been identified. These factors are excessive alcohol consumption, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and air pollution. Together the 12 modifiable risk factors account for around 40% of worldwide dementias, which have a potential to be prevented or delayed. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 100 geriatric patients who were 60 years and above, attending geriatric clinic at MH Jalandhar, Jalandhar cantt, for a period of six months. The aims were firstly to screen for cognitive impairment and determine the prevalence of Dementia among Elderly Veterans attending geriatric clinic and secondly to assess the socio demographic factors and the 12 Modifiable Risk factors responsible for cognitive impairment among these patients. Results: Our study clearly showed that 17% of the geriatric patients had cognitive impairment. Besides cognitive impairment was found to be high in females when compared to males. The reason may be attributed to difference in the literacy rates & socio-economic status. The present study also revealed that there is an inverse relationship between cognitive impairment and lower educational status. (among cognitively impaired, 57% of patients did less than 10 years of schooling). Increasing age, female sex and hypertension were found to predict cognitive impairment in the current study. |
| Keywords: | Dementia Geriatrics Risk factor |
| Cite Article: | "Prevalence of Dementia and its association with modifiable risk factors in Elderly Veterans attending Geriatric Opd in a Tertiary care centre", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.699 - 703, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2306103.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2306103 Registration ID:207181 Published In: Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 699 - 703 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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