Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Prevalence Rate of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Among the Elderly in Busan

부산지역 거주 노인의 인지기능장애 및 치매 유병률

  • Kim, Jung-Soon (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Su-Ill (Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Chung, Young-In (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Hwang, In-Kyung (Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yih, Bong-Sook (Organization of Korea Institute on Aging) ;
  • Kim, Min-Jeong (Neuropsychology Laboratory, Pusan Natioanal University Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Eu-Soo (The Institute for Policy Development, Busan Metropolitan City) ;
  • Chun, Jin-Ho (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College, Inje University) ;
  • Jeong, Ihn-Sook (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 김정순 (부산대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이수일 (부산대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정영인 (부산대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 황인경 (부산대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이봉숙 (한국노화연구소) ;
  • 김민정 (부산대학교병원 신경심리검사실) ;
  • 초의수 (부산시 정책개발실) ;
  • 전진호 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정인숙 (부산대학교 간호학과)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

Objectives : To investigate the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly people, aged 65 or above, residing in Busan Metropolitan City. Methods : Total of 1,101 old people, aged 65 or above, living in Busan as of December 31, 2001 were selected using stratified three-stage cluster sampling. Cognitive impairment was determined from the MMSE-K score, and dementia confirmed from five psychometric measures and the Barthel index. The crude prevalence, sex-age adjusted for the Korean population, were obtained. Results : With the cut-off point for cognitive impairment was set at 24 points, or below, on the MMSE-K scale, the crude rate of cognitive impairment was 29.3% (15.7% for men and 37.5% for women), and the sex-age adjusted prevalence was 30.5% (17.5% for men and 37.0% for women). When the cut-off point for cognitive impairment was set at 20 points, or below, on the MMSE-K scale, the crude rate of cognitive impairments were 10.0% (4.1% for men and 13.5% for women), and 10.6% (4.7% for men and 13.1% for women), respectively. The crude dementia, and the sex-age adjusted rates were 7.4% (2.4% for men and 10.5% for women), and 8.0% (2.7% for men and 10.0% for women), respectively. Conclusions : The prevalence of dementia in this study was somewhat lower than that reported by other domestic and foreign studies. Our results related to the difference in time and space, diagnostic tools, response rates, and distribution of male and female subjects, etc.

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