Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies

Dementia poses a major global burden of care to society and health systems in ageing populations. The majority (over 60%) of persons with dementia in the world are found in Asia and developing countries with rapid rates of population ageing. Improving and maintaining the cognitive health of older pe...

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Main Author:	Ng, Tze Pin
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10277/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10277/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10277/1/08%20Ng%20Tze%20Pin.pdf

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spelling	ukm-102772017-04-06T07:12:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10277/ Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies Ng, Tze Pin Dementia poses a major global burden of care to society and health systems in ageing populations. The majority (over 60%) of persons with dementia in the world are found in Asia and developing countries with rapid rates of population ageing. Improving and maintaining the cognitive health of older persons is vital to national strategies for dementia prevention. Increasing numbers of population-based ageing cohort studies in the past decade have provided a better understanding of the factors that contribute to cognitive function and decline in old age. The roles of major demographic, psychosocial, lifestyle, behavioral and cardiovascular risk factors contributing to cognitive health were discussed using examples from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. They include socio-demographic factors, particularly education and marital status, leisure time activity such as physical activity, social engagement and mental activities, psychological factors such as depression, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors: obesity, diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome, under-nutrition, low albumin, low hemoglobin, nutritional factors such as blood folate, B12 and homocysteine, omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids, tea drinking and curcumin-rich turmeric in curry meals. These factors are found to be associated variously with cognitive functions (memory and learning, language, visuospatial, attention and information processing speed), rates of cognitive impairment and cognitive decline, or increased risk of developing MCI and progression to dementia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10277/1/08%20Ng%20Tze%20Pin.pdf Ng, Tze Pin (2016) Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies. Sains Malaysiana, 45 (9). pp. 1351-1355. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num9_2016/contentsVol45num9_2016.htm
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description	Dementia poses a major global burden of care to society and health systems in ageing populations. The majority (over 60%) of persons with dementia in the world are found in Asia and developing countries with rapid rates of population ageing. Improving and maintaining the cognitive health of older persons is vital to national strategies for dementia prevention. Increasing numbers of population-based ageing cohort studies in the past decade have provided a better understanding of the factors that contribute to cognitive function and decline in old age. The roles of major demographic, psychosocial, lifestyle, behavioral and cardiovascular risk factors contributing to cognitive health were discussed using examples from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. They include socio-demographic factors, particularly education and marital status, leisure time activity such as physical activity, social engagement and mental activities, psychological factors such as depression, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors: obesity, diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome, under-nutrition, low albumin, low hemoglobin, nutritional factors such as blood folate, B12 and homocysteine, omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids, tea drinking and curcumin-rich turmeric in curry meals. These factors are found to be associated variously with cognitive functions (memory and learning, language, visuospatial, attention and information processing speed), rates of cognitive impairment and cognitive decline, or increased risk of developing MCI and progression to dementia.
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title	Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
title_short	Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
title_full	Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
title_fullStr	Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
title_full_unstemmed	Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
title_sort	cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Cognitive health of older persons in longitudinal ageing cohort studies

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