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Cognitive function measured with the Revised Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale among elderly individuals in Lao PDR
Kounnavong, Sengchanh
Ratsavong, Kethmany
Soundavong, Khouanchay
Xayavong, Syda
Kariya, Tetsuyoshi
Saw, Yu Mon
Yamamoto, Eiko
Horibe, Kentaro
Toba, Kenji
Hamajima, Nobuyuki
open access
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
cognitive function
healthy elderly
Lao PDR
Revised Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale
urban/rural regions
In Lao PDR, measurement of cognitive function has rarely been conducted among elderly individuals. This study aimed to investigate the cognitive function among elderly individuals who lived at their homes with family in Lao PDR. Participants were elderly individuals aged 60 years or over registered with the local government in urban (Vientiane capital; VC) and rural areas (Khammouane province; KP). Those with serious mental/physical diseases, those who could not walk by themselves, or those who could not speak the Lao language were excluded. The information was collected through interviews with the participants and their family members. A newly developed Lao version of the Revised Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale (HDS-R) was applied to measure cognitive function. The participants were 414 elderly individuals (224 males and 190 females) aged 60 to 98 years. The average HDS-R score was 23.0 among 115 men in VC, 22.7 among 92 women in VC, 20.3 among 109 men in KP, and 17.5 among 98 women in KP. The main caregiver was a daughter (40.6%) followed by a spouse (31.4%). Among 414 elderly individuals, 42 (10.0%) stated the necessity of support. Those with HDS-R < 20 accounted for 38.8% in men and 48.9% in women. The adjusted odds ratio of HDS-R < 20 was significant for those in rural areas (3.83) relative to those in urban areas. Among superficially healthy elderly individuals residing with their families, those with reduced cognitive function were more common among women and in rural areas.
This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (16jk0310002h0001) and a Grant-in-Aid from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan (2617JmB13b).
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine
2019-05
eng
departmental bulletin paper
VoR
https://doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.81.2.281
http://hdl.handle.net/2237/00030442
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/28246
10.18999/nagjms.81.2.281
http://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medlib/nagoya_j_med_sci/812.html
2186-3326
0027-7622
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
81
2
281
290
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