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Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on cognitive health in Latin American older adults, increasing the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of dementia and the associated factors in Latin American older adults during SARS-CoV-2 p...

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Autores principales: Soto-Añari, Marcio, Camargo, Loida, Ramos-Henderson, Miguel, Rivera-Fernández, Claudia, Denegri-Solís, Lucia, Calle, Ursula, Mori, Nicanor, Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska, López, Fernanda, Porto, Maria, Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole, Saldías, Carol, Gargiulo, Pascual, Castellanos, Cesar, Shelach-Bellido, Salomon, López, Norman
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Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000518922
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author Soto-Añari, Marcio
Camargo, Loida
Ramos-Henderson, Miguel
Rivera-Fernández, Claudia
Denegri-Solís, Lucia
Calle, Ursula
Mori, Nicanor
Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska
López, Fernanda
Porto, Maria
Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole
Saldías, Carol
Gargiulo, Pascual
Castellanos, Cesar
Shelach-Bellido, Salomon
López, Norman
author_facet Soto-Añari, Marcio
Camargo, Loida
Ramos-Henderson, Miguel
Rivera-Fernández, Claudia
Denegri-Solís, Lucia
Calle, Ursula
Mori, Nicanor
Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska
López, Fernanda
Porto, Maria
Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole
Saldías, Carol
Gargiulo, Pascual
Castellanos, Cesar
Shelach-Bellido, Salomon
López, Norman
author_sort Soto-Añari, Marcio
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description BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on cognitive health in Latin American older adults, increasing the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of dementia and the associated factors in Latin American older adults during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. METHODS: A multicentric first phase cross-sectional observational study was conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Five thousand two hundred and forty-five Latin American adults over 60 years of age were studied in 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. We used the telephone version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the “Alzheimer Disease 8” scale for functional and cognitive changes, and the abbreviated version of the Yesavage depression scale. We also asked for sociodemographic and lockdown data. All the evaluation was made by telephone. Cross-tabulations and χ<sup>2</sup> tests were used to determine the variability of the prevalence of impairment by sociodemographic characteristics and binary logistic regression to assess the association between dementia and sociodemographic factors. RESULTS: We observed that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America is 15.6%, varying depending on the country (Argentine = 7.83 and Bolivia = 28.5%). The variables most associated with dementia were race and age. It does not seem to be associated with the pandemic but with social and socio-health factors. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of dementia shows a significant increase in Latin America, attributable to a constellation of ethnic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors.
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spelling pubmed-85433472021-10-29 Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic Soto-Añari, Marcio Camargo, Loida Ramos-Henderson, Miguel Rivera-Fernández, Claudia Denegri-Solís, Lucia Calle, Ursula Mori, Nicanor Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska López, Fernanda Porto, Maria Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole Saldías, Carol Gargiulo, Pascual Castellanos, Cesar Shelach-Bellido, Salomon López, Norman Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra Research Article BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on cognitive health in Latin American older adults, increasing the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of dementia and the associated factors in Latin American older adults during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. METHODS: A multicentric first phase cross-sectional observational study was conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Five thousand two hundred and forty-five Latin American adults over 60 years of age were studied in 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. We used the telephone version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the “Alzheimer Disease 8” scale for functional and cognitive changes, and the abbreviated version of the Yesavage depression scale. We also asked for sociodemographic and lockdown data. All the evaluation was made by telephone. Cross-tabulations and χ<sup>2</sup> tests were used to determine the variability of the prevalence of impairment by sociodemographic characteristics and binary logistic regression to assess the association between dementia and sociodemographic factors. RESULTS: We observed that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America is 15.6%, varying depending on the country (Argentine = 7.83 and Bolivia = 28.5%). The variables most associated with dementia were race and age. It does not seem to be associated with the pandemic but with social and socio-health factors. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of dementia shows a significant increase in Latin America, attributable to a constellation of ethnic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. S. Karger AG 2021-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8543347/ /pubmed/34721498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000518922 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense), applicable to the online version of the article only. Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
spellingShingle Research Article
Soto-Añari, Marcio
Camargo, Loida
Ramos-Henderson, Miguel
Rivera-Fernández, Claudia
Denegri-Solís, Lucia
Calle, Ursula
Mori, Nicanor
Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska
López, Fernanda
Porto, Maria
Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole
Saldías, Carol
Gargiulo, Pascual
Castellanos, Cesar
Shelach-Bellido, Salomon
López, Norman
Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort prevalence of dementia and associated factors among older adults in latin america during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000518922
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