Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry

노인정신의학

pISSN 1226-6329 / eISSN 2733-4600


노인정신의학

대한노인정신의학회 (4권1호 50-57)

Epidemiology of Dementia in Elderly People in Jookjang-Myun, Pohang, Kyungpook Province:1990-1999

경북 포항시 죽장면 노인들에서 치매의 역학

박종한(Jong Han Park)

Abstract

Cognitive function and its related issues were studied for 10 years in 766 elderly people aged 65 or more as of December, 1990 in Jookjang Myun, Pohang, Kyungpook Province. The major findings on prevalence of dementia, nature of questionable dementia, early cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, the meaning of a screening test for cognitive impairment, reliability of dementia diagnosis, variables affecting cognitive functions, relation of cognitive dysfunction to survival, and natural course of cognitive functions were summarized in this review.

Keywords

인지,치매,노인,지역 사회, Cognition,Dementia,Aged,Community