A study of dementia in old age homes

Background: By 2040, dementia is projected to rise exponentially by 300% in India. Studies addressing the need for psychiatric care in the community being few and those focusing in old age homes even fewer, a study was undertaken to study the prevalence of dementia and the association with sociodemo...

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Autores principales:	Daniel Saldanha, R N Mani, Swaleha Mujawar, Suprakash Chaudhury
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
Materias:	co-morbidity dementia old age homes Psychiatry RC435-571 Industrial psychology HF5548.7-5548.85
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8e9374fa647a463d8fc43aa31c9f920e2021-11-12T10:11:30ZA study of dementia in old age homes0972-67480976-279510.4103/0972-6748.328806https://doaj.org/article/8e9374fa647a463d8fc43aa31c9f920e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2021;volume=30;issue=3;spage=149;epage=154;aulast=Saldanhahttps://doaj.org/toc/0972-6748https://doaj.org/toc/0976-2795Background: By 2040, dementia is projected to rise exponentially by 300% in India. Studies addressing the need for psychiatric care in the community being few and those focusing in old age homes even fewer, a study was undertaken to study the prevalence of dementia and the association with sociodemographic factors and psychiatric morbidity. Materials and Methods: A total of 558 elderly aged 60 years and above, residing in old age homes in Pune were studied. 179 inmates were included based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Those who scored a predetermined cut-off score on the screening tool were included to undergo a detailed physical and neurological examination, cognitive profile using subtests from the cognitive test (community screening instrument for Dementia of 10/66 group). Results: Mean age of the sample was 75.02 years majority (39.7%) was in the 60–70 years group. Males 25.7% versus females 74.3%. The sample consisted of the following socioeconomic groups: 40.2% middle, 26.3% low middle, 24% high middle, 8.4% high income, and 1.1% in low income. 60.3% widow/widower category, 36.3% never married, 4.5% had family history of dementia. Mean scores of mini mental state examination in the overall sample was 26.02 compared to 18.02 in those cut-off point of 23. The prevalence of dementia in the sample was 22.9%. There was the high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and psychiatric morbidity in the dementia group than the rest. Frontal lobe dysfunction and impairment of orientation with increasing severity of dementia were observed. Conclusions: Sociodemographic factors, which were considered protective against the prevalence of dementia, identified were less restriction in physical activity and having fish in the diet regularly.Daniel SaldanhaR N ManiSwaleha MujawarSuprakash ChaudhuryWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleco-morbiditydementiaold age homesPsychiatryRC435-571Industrial psychologyHF5548.7-5548.85ENIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, Vol 30, Iss 3, Pp 149-154 (2021)
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description	Background: By 2040, dementia is projected to rise exponentially by 300% in India. Studies addressing the need for psychiatric care in the community being few and those focusing in old age homes even fewer, a study was undertaken to study the prevalence of dementia and the association with sociodemographic factors and psychiatric morbidity. Materials and Methods: A total of 558 elderly aged 60 years and above, residing in old age homes in Pune were studied. 179 inmates were included based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Those who scored a predetermined cut-off score on the screening tool were included to undergo a detailed physical and neurological examination, cognitive profile using subtests from the cognitive test (community screening instrument for Dementia of 10/66 group). Results: Mean age of the sample was 75.02 years majority (39.7%) was in the 60–70 years group. Males 25.7% versus females 74.3%. The sample consisted of the following socioeconomic groups: 40.2% middle, 26.3% low middle, 24% high middle, 8.4% high income, and 1.1% in low income. 60.3% widow/widower category, 36.3% never married, 4.5% had family history of dementia. Mean scores of mini mental state examination in the overall sample was 26.02 compared to 18.02 in those cut-off point of 23. The prevalence of dementia in the sample was 22.9%. There was the high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and psychiatric morbidity in the dementia group than the rest. Frontal lobe dysfunction and impairment of orientation with increasing severity of dementia were observed. Conclusions: Sociodemographic factors, which were considered protective against the prevalence of dementia, identified were less restriction in physical activity and having fish in the diet regularly.
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A study of dementia in old age homes

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