■严重认知障碍(CI)是全球老年人残疾和依赖的主要原因,它不仅对个人而且对家庭都有重大影响,社区,和社会。早期识别和管理CI在老年医学中至关重要。患病率数据通常很少,这阻碍了预防性健康计划的基层实施。
■目的是发现哈里亚纳邦城市老年人群中CI的患病率及其协变量。
■这是一项基于社区的横断面研究,对居住在Rohtak区市区的300名老年患者进行了研究,哈里亚纳邦.印地语精神状态检查(HMSE)工具用于评估CI。使用IBM公司分析数据,2020年发布,IBMSPSS统计WindowsVer20,Armonk,NY.
■发现老年CI的患病率为27.3%,并且发现与年龄显着相关,女性性别,预定和落后种姓(BC),寡妇,教育程度低,不从事任何职业,社会经济地位低下,禁酒主义,经济依赖,身体上对他人的依赖,和慢性发病率。
■年龄,女性性别,预定和落后的种姓,寡妇,受教育程度低,就业状况为零,社会经济地位低下,禁酒主义,经济依赖,身体上对他人的依赖,发现慢性发病率是CI的重要相关因素。进一步的分析研究可以集中在这些方面,以便早期采取有针对性的预防方法。
UNASSIGNED: Severe Cognitive Impairment (CI) is a major cause of disability and dependency among the elderly worldwide, and it has a significant impact not only on individuals but also on families, communities, and societies. Early identification and management of CI are critical in geriatric medicine. Prevalence data is often scarce, and this hinders the ground-level implementation of preventive health programs.
UNASSIGNED: The objective was to find the prevalence of CI and its covariates among the urban geriatric population of Haryana.
UNASSIGNED: This was a community-based cross-sectional study conducted among 300 geriatric participants residing in an urban area of Rohtak district, Haryana. Hindi Mental State Examination (HMSE) tool was used to assess CI. Data were analyzed using IBM Corp, released 2020, IBM SPSS statistics for windows Ver 20, Armonk, NY.
UNASSIGNED: The prevalence of geriatric CI was found to be 27.3% and was found to be significantly associated with age, female gender, scheduled and backward caste (BC), widowhood, and low educational status and is not engaged in any occupation, low socioeconomic status, teetotalism, economic dependency, physical dependency on others, and chronic morbidity.
UNASSIGNED: Age, female gender, scheduled and backward caste, widowhood, low educational status, nil employment status, low socioeconomic status, teetotalism, economic dependency, physical dependency on others, and chronic morbidity were found to be important correlates of CI. Further analytical studies can focus on these aspects for an early targeted preventive approach.