Cognitive state of elderly and its association with alcohol and tobacco compsuption
Objective.To assess the cognitive state of seniors and to link this cognitive state to age and length of alcohol and tobaccoconsumption. Methodology.Prospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional multicenter study of 1,290 non-institutionalized seniors in five regions of western Mexico. Cognitive sta...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Cuidarte ?El arte del cuidado? |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/69154 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/cuidarte/article/view/69154 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Estado cognitivo adulto mayor alcohol tabaco |
| Sumario: | Objective.To assess the cognitive state of seniors and to link this cognitive state to age and length of alcohol and tobaccoconsumption. Methodology.Prospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional multicenter study of 1,290 non-institutionalized seniors in five regions of western Mexico. Cognitive state was assessed on the Pfeiffer scale, and alcohol- and tobacco-consumptionhabits were assessed through the application of a questionnaire. The demographic variables were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and data were compared by gender using a chi-squared test. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify co-dependence between variables (cognitive state v. chronological age; cognitive state v. length of consumption). Results.Average age: 70.5 ± 0.7 years; 59.2% men (n= 763) and 40.8% women (n= 527). Consumption rates by cognitive state (% alcohol, tobacco):normal state, 61.3 and 63.0; light cognitive impairment, 26.9 and 26.3; medium cognitive impairment, 9.84 and 9.02; severe cognitive impairment, 1.91 and 1.7. Gender did not have a significant effect on cognitive state for alcohol consumers (p=0.203) nor tobacco consumers (p=0.118). Correlation analysis did not reveal any co-dependence between the variables studied during the consumption of alcohol (r=0.28, r=0.13) nor tobacco (r=0.28, r=0.24), respectively. Conclusion.Consumption of alcohol and tobacco, when started at a late age, does not have a major effect on the cognitive state. A normal cognitive state was more common in men than in women, although the difference was not statistically significant. No co-dependence was found between the variables studied. Keywords:Cognitive state; elderly; alcohol; tobacco. |
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