Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Elderly People Living in Rural Benin, West Africa
- 9 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
- Vol. 27 (1), 34-41
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000188661
Abstract
Background/Aims: Dementia is increasing as a priority public health problem because of the ageing of the world population. Our goal was to estimate dementia and cognitive impairment prevalence in an elderly population of rural Benin. Methods: In a door-to-door survey, elderly people aged 65 years and above were screened using the Community Screening Interview for Dementia and the Five-Word Test. Results: The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 10.4% and that of dementia was 2.6%. Age, current depressive disorder and absence of the APOE ε2 allele were significantly associated with cognitive impairment. Conclusion: Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment appears to be lower in this study than in developed countries.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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