Cognitive impairment and its predictors: A cross-sectional study among the elderly in a rural community of West Bengal.

ABSTRACT:

Context

With the aging of Indian society, maintaining salubrious cognitive health in late life is a public health priority. Early detection and possible prevention of cognitive impairment (CI), thus, will help in increasing the quality of life of elderly people and decreasing the social, psychological, and economic burden of their families and caregivers.

Aims

The study aimed to assess proportion of CI and its predictors.

Settings and design

This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 135 elderly people selected from 15 villages out of a total 64 villages in rural field practice area Singur of AIIH&PH, Kolkata.

Methods and material

Cluster sampling technique was used and villages were selected according to probability proportional to size met

SUBMITTER: Dasgupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature