Cognitive Dysfunction in Urban-Community Dwelling Prefrail Older Subjects

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 549 - 554
• Main Authors: Umegaki, Hiroyuki, Makino, T., Shimada, H., Hayashi, T., Wu Cheng, X., Kuzuya, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.04.2018; Springer Paris; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia; depression; Diabetes; diabetes mellitus; digit symbol substitution; education; elderly; emotions; Female; Frail Elderly - statistics & numerical data; Frailty; gait; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Japan; logit analysis; Male; males; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; memory; Mental depression; Neuropsychological assessments; Neurosciences; Nutrition; Older people; physical activity; Population; Primary Care Medicine; processing speed; Quality of Life Research; risk; Urban Population; weight loss; Japan; diabetes mellitus; memory; depression; Neuropsychological assessments; digit symbol substitution; processing speed

A number of studies have reported that frailty is cross-sectionally associated with cognitive decline and is also a risk for future cognitive decline or dementia; however, there have been only a few studies that focus on the association between prefrailty and cognitive dysfunction. In the current st...