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Print version ISSN 0121-4500
Abstract
DOS SANTOS TAVARES, Darlene Mara et al. Socio-demographic aspects and cognitive performance of elderly adults living in rural areas. av.enferm. [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.3, pp.275-283. ISSN 0121-4500. https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v35n3.61789.
Objective:
To compare sociodemographic variables to error rate in categories of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) among elderly adults both with and without cognitive impairment.
Methodology:
This is an analytical, cross-sectional study, conducted with 955 elderly adults living in rural areas of Minas Gerais municipality, Brazil. A descriptive analysis was carried out and the chi-square test was applied (p < 0.05).
Results:
No association was found between sex and cognitive impairment. For its part, cognitive impairment was associated with a wider age range, a lower educational level, and widowhood. With regard to MMSE, categories most affected were Attention and Calculation, Visual Capacity Building and Memory Recall.
Conclusion:
The results from our study put emphasis on the need to carry out health activities in order to prevent cognitive impairment, and to improve functions related to patients' cognitive performance.
Keywords : Health of the Elderly; Cognition; Rural Population (source: DeCS, BIREME).