Cognitive impairment assessment by Mini cog test in Egyptian elderly patients and the relation with comorbidities and functional impairment

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1 Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Internal Medicine department- Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

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Background: Mini Cog is a simple screening test for cognitive impairment.
Aim: To assess cognition among Egyptian elderly
Methods: a case control study recruiting 90 patients from Suez Canal University and Ain-Shams University hospitals. Cognitive assessment was performed using Mini cog test and patients were classified into cases and controls according to their performance of the test. History taking and functional assessment were done.
Results: Age of our patients ranged from 62-72.Cases had lower level of education. Stroke, heart failure and hypertension were significantly more prevalent in cases than controls (p < 0.001, 0.017, 0.011) respectively. Cases showed lower functional status level when comparing items of activities of daily living (ADL) between cases and controls (p< 0.001).
Conclusions: Lower education level, heart failure, hypertension and stroke are associated with cognitive impairment. Impairment of functional activities of daily living can be associated with lower scores in Mini cog test.

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