1991
DOI: 10.1159/000213271
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Correlates of Cognitive Dysfunction in an Ambulatory Elderly Population

Abstract: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were studied in an ambulatory elderly population to identify correlates with self-reported signs, symptoms, diseases, drugs and laboratory values. A total of 1,264 subjects were studied including 844 women and 420 men. In this study, 5.0% of men and 5.3% of women scored less than 24 on the MMSE. A linear-regression model revealed eleven factors of significance in predicting scores on the MMSE. The most important predictors were age (p < 0.0001), self-reported memory … Show more

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“…Most effects of drug-induced cognitive impairment have been minor and only detectable with sensitive testing instruments. Several investigators have been unable to demonstrate gross cognitive impairment when using such screening tests as the Mini-Mental State Examination (4, 25,82).…”
Section: Cognitive Impairment Resulting From Monotherapymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Most effects of drug-induced cognitive impairment have been minor and only detectable with sensitive testing instruments. Several investigators have been unable to demonstrate gross cognitive impairment when using such screening tests as the Mini-Mental State Examination (4, 25,82).…”
Section: Cognitive Impairment Resulting From Monotherapymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We have studied factors that correlate with cognitive decline in 1264 elderly participants who attended a health screening program (82). Mini Mental State Examination scores were used to identify risk factors for cogni tive decline.…”
Section: Cognitive Impairment Resulting From Polypharmacymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Na literatura, encontrou-se apenas um estudo pesquisando essa associação e obtendo resultado semelhante ao observado na presente série de casos (4) . Apesar dos estudos apontarem o baixo nível socioeconômico como fator de risco para CI (19,24,28) , tal fato não foi observado nessa casuística. O diabetes e o hipotiroidismo não se associaram à CI, o que pode ser explicado pela baixa prevalência destas patologias nesse estudo.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…It has been commonly assumed that complaints of chronic constipation, as well as alterations in colonic motor functioning, are a natural consequence of aging (26). For example, in a study by Stewart and colleagues (26) of over 3,000 individuals, 26% of women and 16% of men reported recurrent constipation.…”
Section: Colonic Motility and Constipationmentioning
confidence: 99%