Open AccessA clinico-epidemiological study of cognitive function status of community-dwelling elderly
Author(s) -
Indrajeet Singh Gambhir,
Vishal Khurana,
Dhiraj Kishore,
Asha Sinha,
S C Mohapatra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.146531
Subject(s) - epidemiology , cognition , gerontology , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , pathology
Cognitive decline and dementia are an important problem affecting quality-of-life in elderly and their caregivers. There is regional variation in prevalence of cognitive decline as well as risk factors from region to region.