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P2‐287: PREVALENCE OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MCI) IN DIVERSE ETHNO‐CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS INTERNATIONALLY: THE COSMIC COLLABORATION
Author(s) -
Sachdev Perminder S.,
Lipnicki Darren,
Crawford John,
Kochan Nicole A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.965
Subject(s) - representativeness heuristic , demography , epidemiology , cohort , gerontology , ethnic group , cognitive impairment , neuropsychology , demographics , dementia , medicine , cognition , cognitive test , psychology , psychiatry , political science , pathology , sociology , social psychology , law , disease
Background: A great interest has been generated concerning the topic of MCI recently. The mild cognitive impairment may be the most critical stage to introduce the preventive interventions for dementia. It is important to describe the health profile of MCI group to promote early detection of MCI and prevention to dementia. Some studies suggest that poor physical health might be involved in very early stage of cognitive impairment. The purposes of this study were to describe and compare demographic profile, comorbidity, and health habits of the older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: A descriptive design was utilized in this study. A total of 3,011 old adults aged 60 and over participated in the study, consisting of 2,017 female and 994 male who registered in the online database of the Seoul Metropolitan Center for Dementia. Data were analyzed using t-test and Chai-square tests were calculated to analyze the data.Results:Differences were existed according to age, gender, education, marital status, living arrangement, comorbidity such as hypertension, diabetes, and stroke and health habits including alcohol consumption and exercise. The participants with MCI were older, were more likely live alone and had lower education level. In addition, alcohol consumption and exercise were the risk factors for MCI in this study. Higher incidence of hypertension and strokes has been found in MCI group suggesting that vascular factors can be a risk factor for cognitive impairment. Conclusions: Healthy lifestyle could represent an important protective factor for cognitive deterioration in elderly population, thus, i t is suggested to develop management strategies and education program concerning health habits of MCI group as well as presentational approaches with demographic characteristics of the target groups. This study demonstrated that large community data can be useful for knowledge discovery for establishing strategies and policies for dementia. This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and future Planning (No. 2013R1A2A2A01069090).