Memory impairment in elderly community and its influencing factors.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Memory impairment in elderly community and its influencing factors Of: Wen Liya Chen Long Xiang Liu Xiaoping Li-Ming Wu [Keywords:] community, the elderly, memory disorders, sleep disorders With the emergence of aging memory loss, particularly after the age of 60 decreased significantly (1). This study investigated memory impairment in the elderly and the influencing factors to memory impairment in the elderly factors provide the basis for intervention to stave off old age the decline of human memory and reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment, and ultimately control the occurrence of senile dementia. 1 Subjects and methods 1.1 Object October 2008 ~ January 2009, randomly selected communities in Tangshan City over the age of 60 200 cases of normal elderly people, 80 males and 120 females, aged 60 to 84 years (mean 68.00 + -7.10 years. Exclusion criteria: serious medical illness, there is the implementation of visual and auditory tests disorders, drug or alcohol addiction, previous history of psychiatric or neurological disorders. 1.2 Methods Using the latest version of the memory test tool, the British Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre designed Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test 2 (RBMT ) (2) the memory test. RBMT is to assess the normal daily needs of the memory function, including 12 projects reasonable arrangement of 17 steps, each interspersed with assessment, each one through the initial points are then converted into standard scores, out of 24 points, the standard sub-grade is: 22 to 24 minutes normally, 17 to 21 were divided into mild memory disorder , into the memory medium 10 to 16 obstacles, 0 to 9 into the memory of severe obstacles. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (3) a sleep test. in accordance with the scale required by the overall classification into 7: sleep quality, sleep time, sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep disorders, sleeping pills, daytime function. by 0,1,2,3 points for each score