Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in elderly patients attending primary health care center in shaqra province K.S.A / Hamid Mohamed Hamid Elzein ; Supervised Huda Abdou Hussein , Sarah Mohammed Nader

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine

Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a brain function syndrome involving the onset and evolution of cognitive impairment beyond those expected based on the age and education of the individual, but which are not significant enough to interfere with daily activities. MCI can progress to Alzheimer's disease. Objectives: Detection of the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among elderly patients (60 years) attending primary health care centers in shagra province, K.S.A. Materials, methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 120 elderly people ({u2265}60 years) in 2017. Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) were used in this study to assess mild cognitive impairment. Results: Up to 25% of subjects were subjected to mild cognitive impairment about 42% of them were females. and 30% were males. With regard to demographic characteristics, the most significant factor that is associated with MCI in the current study is advanced age but not sex and educational status. Conclusions: Mild cognitive impairment and dementia are relatively common among elderly. In this study it was found that there is an association between MCI and elderly, which emphasize the importance of early identification of mild cognitive impairment among old individuals to delay the progress to Alzheimer{u2019}s disease

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