The prevalence and risk factors of dementia in the elderly population in a low socio-economic region of Izmir, Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Keskinoglu, Pembe ^a   Giray, Hatice ^a   Picakciefe, Metin ^a   Bilgic, Nurcan ^b   Ucku, Reyhan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Province Healthquarter ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Low socio economic region; Prevalence of dementia; Standardized Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT T TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33745091127     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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