Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment: Effects of Level of Education, Age, Sex and Associated Factors

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 455-460

  Millán Calenti, José C ^a   Tubío, Javier ^a   Pita Fernández, Salvador ^b   González Abraldes, Isabel ^a   Lorenzo, Trinidad ^a   Maseda, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Level of education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 70449515725     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000257086     Document Type: Article

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