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Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Dementia poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of the elderly. In the context of the rapidly ageing population of Vietnam however, little is known about the prevalence of symptoms and other related factors. This study aims to detect the prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia in t...

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Autores principales: Bich, Nguyen Ngoc, Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy, Vu, Tran, Quy, Lam Thi, Tuan, Nguyen Anh, Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh, Hung, Nguyen Trong, Anh, Le Vu
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31462907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0314-7
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author Bich, Nguyen Ngoc
Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy
Vu, Tran
Quy, Lam Thi
Tuan, Nguyen Anh
Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh
Hung, Nguyen Trong
Anh, Le Vu
author_facet Bich, Nguyen Ngoc
Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy
Vu, Tran
Quy, Lam Thi
Tuan, Nguyen Anh
Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh
Hung, Nguyen Trong
Anh, Le Vu
author_sort Bich, Nguyen Ngoc
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description BACKGROUND: Dementia poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of the elderly. In the context of the rapidly ageing population of Vietnam however, little is known about the prevalence of symptoms and other related factors. This study aims to detect the prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia in the elderly in Vietnam as well as other associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of six communes at the Northern, Central and Southern region of Vietnam. Prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia was the outcome of interest and assessed by Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) questionnaire and was standardized according to the age structure of Vietnam. A total of 3308 adults aged 60 and above were included. Association between having cognitive symptoms of dementia and other factors was assessed with logistic regression. FINDINGS: Cognitive symptoms of dementia were perceived in 46.4% of the sample group. The symptoms were more common among participants who were older, female, had a lower educational level, were not physically active or have previously had stroke. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia in adults aged 60 and above was relatively high in Vietnam. Other modifiable associated factors including physical inactivity and social connectedness should also be considered in designing intervention program to prevent dementia in the future.
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spelling pubmed-67069202019-08-28 Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study Bich, Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy Vu, Tran Quy, Lam Thi Tuan, Nguyen Anh Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh Hung, Nguyen Trong Anh, Le Vu Int J Ment Health Syst Research BACKGROUND: Dementia poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of the elderly. In the context of the rapidly ageing population of Vietnam however, little is known about the prevalence of symptoms and other related factors. This study aims to detect the prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia in the elderly in Vietnam as well as other associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of six communes at the Northern, Central and Southern region of Vietnam. Prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia was the outcome of interest and assessed by Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) questionnaire and was standardized according to the age structure of Vietnam. A total of 3308 adults aged 60 and above were included. Association between having cognitive symptoms of dementia and other factors was assessed with logistic regression. FINDINGS: Cognitive symptoms of dementia were perceived in 46.4% of the sample group. The symptoms were more common among participants who were older, female, had a lower educational level, were not physically active or have previously had stroke. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of cognitive symptoms of dementia in adults aged 60 and above was relatively high in Vietnam. Other modifiable associated factors including physical inactivity and social connectedness should also be considered in designing intervention program to prevent dementia in the future. BioMed Central 2019-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6706920/ /pubmed/31462907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0314-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Bich, Nguyen Ngoc
Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy
Vu, Tran
Quy, Lam Thi
Tuan, Nguyen Anh
Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh
Hung, Nguyen Trong
Anh, Le Vu
Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title_full Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title_short Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
title_sort dementia and associated factors among the elderly in vietnam: a cross-sectional study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31462907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0314-7
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