Document Detail  Socio-demographic and health-related factors
associated with cognitive impairment in the elderly in Taiwan.
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NLM     Status:  MEDLINE     BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment is
an age-related condition as the rate of cognitive decline
rapidly increases with aging. It is especially important to
better understand factors involving in cognitive decline for the
countries where the older population is growing rapidly. The aim
of this study was to examine the association between socio-
demographic and health-related factors and cognitive impairment
in the elderly in Taiwan. METHODS: We analysed data from 2119
persons aged 65 years and over who participated in the 2005
National Health Interview Survey. Cognitive impairment was
defined as having the score of the Mini Mental State Examination
lower than 24. The χ2 test and multiple logistic regression
models were used to evaluate the association between cognitive
impairment and variables of so