Sociodemographic determinants in Alzheimer’s disease - A retrospective study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Neurosciences - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Alzheimers disease AD is a common cognitive function disorder commonly reported in old ages Our aim was to understand the sociodemographic factors associated with ADMaterial and MethodsIn a retrospective study we screened database at our private memory clinic to include the adult patients 45 years of age who were screened with Montreal Cognitive Assessment MoCA test for AD MoCA score of diagnosis of ADResultsIn 2412 patients included in analysis 919 patients were diagnosed with AD Overall mean age of the participants was 53568 years and 632 were males Among sociodemographic factors compared to patients without AD those with AD were younger p0006 females plesser occurrence of AD p0001 No difference by dietary pattern was evident p0976ConclusionIn an urban memory clinic setting AD is observed in young and female patients who have lower level of education and are involved in unskilled occupation Greater number of family members also predisposes to AD These findings need further confirmation in a prospective and long duration follow up KeywordsAlzheimers disease Sociodemographic Cognitive dysfunction India Memory
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S. Kant, Karan Poddar, M. Kamle, C. Patil
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