J Korean Acad Nurs.  2014 Aug;44(4):351-360. 10.4040/jkan.2014.44.4.351.

Comparison of Demographic Characteristics, Comorbidity, and Health Habits of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Older Adults with Normal Cognitive Function

• Park M
• Sung MR
• Kim SK
• Lee DY

• KMID: 1791864
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.4.351

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to compare demographic characteristics, comorbidity, and health habits of elders with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and elders with cognitively normal function (CNF).
METHODS
Secondary data analysis was conducted using data from the Database of the Seoul Dementia Management Project for 5,773 adults age 60 and above.
RESULTS
The MCI group showed an older age distribution, but there was no significant education difference between the two groups. Elders with MCI had more diabetes and stroke than elders with CNF. In subgroups, the same findings were observed in women, but not in men. While more men with MCI had hypertension compared to men with CNF, there was no significant difference in hypertension between the two groups for women. Elders with MCI, men in particular, had a lower prevalence of obesity than men with CNF. MCI individuals did less exercise compared to individuals with CNF. While there were no significant differences in alcohol consumption and smoking between MCI and CNF groups, the over 80's subgroup with MCI reported more alcohol consumption.
CONCLUSION
Findings from this study could be helpful in designing community-based dementia prevention programs and health policies to reduce the prevalence of dementia or related cognitive impairments.

Keyword

Mild cognitive impairment; Dementia; Comorbidity; Health habit; Aged

MeSH Terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking
Body Mass Index
Comorbidity
Databases, Factual
Dementia/complications
Demography
Female
*Health Behavior
Heart Diseases/complications
Humans
Hypertension/complications
Male
Middle Aged
Mild Cognitive Impairment/complications/*physiopathology
Obesity/epidemiology
Sex Factors
Smoking
Stroke/complications

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