The effect of baseline cognition and delirium on long-term cognitive impairment and mortality: a prospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an unmet public health need to understand better the relationship between baseline cognitive function, the occurrence and severity of delirium, and subsequent cognitive decline. Our aim was to quantify the relationship between baseline cognition and delirium and follow-up cognitive impairment.

Methods

We did a prospective longitudinal study in a stable representative community sample of adults aged 70 years or older who were registered with a Camden-based general practitioner in the London Borough of Camden (London, UK). Participants were recruited by invitation letters from general practice lists or by direct recruitment of patients from memory clinics or patients recently discharged from secondary care. We quantified baseline cognitive function with the

SUBMITTER: Tsui A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature