Open AccessFactors associated with odour identification in older Indonesian and white Australian adults
Author(s) -
Yuda Turana,
Darren M. Lipnicki,
Yvonne Suzy Handajani,
Tara Puspitarini Sani,
Josephine Retno Widayanti,
Ika Suswanti,
Nicole A. Kochan,
Henry Brodaty,
Perminder S. Sachdev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aging clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1720-8319
pISSN - 1594-0667
DOI - 10.1007/s40520-019-01419-9
Subject(s) - dementia , gerontology , medicine , multivariate analysis , depression (economics) , psychological intervention , demography , cross sectional study , psychology , psychiatry , disease , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Among older adults, olfactory dysfunction is associated with cognitive impairment, lower quality of life, and increased mortality. While age is a risk factor for olfactory dysfunction, other risk factors are less well understood, and may vary between ethno-regional groups. This study investigated how associations between odour identification (OI) and various risk factors, as well as cognition and language ability, differed or were similar in two distinct ethno-regional groups of older adults.