Resilience to cognitive impairment in the oldest-old: design of the EMIF-AD 90+ study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The oldest-old (subjects aged 90 years and older) population represents the fastest growing segment of society and shows a high dementia prevalence rate of up to 40%. Only a few studies have investigated protective factors for cognitive impairment in the oldest-old. The EMIF-AD 90+ Study aims to identify factors associated with resilience to cognitive impairment in the oldest-old. In this paper we reviewed previous studies on cognitive resilience in the oldest-old and described the design of the EMIF-AD 90+ Study.

Methods

The EMIF-AD 90+ Study aimed to enroll 80 cognitively normal subjects and 40 subjects with cognitive impairment aged 90 years or older. Cognitive impairment was operationalized as amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or possible or probable

SUBMITTER: Legdeur N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258163 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature