Prevalence of dementia and associated factors among older adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

dc.creatorSoto-Añari, Marcio
dc.creatorCamargo, Loida
dc.creatorRamos-Henderson, Miguel
dc.creatorRivera-Fernández, Claudia
dc.creatorDenegri Solís, Lucia
dc.creatorCalle, Ursula
dc.creatorMori, Nicanor
dc.creatorOcampo Barbá, Ninoska
dc.creatorLópez, Fernanda
dc.creatorPorto, Maria
dc.creatorCaldichoury Obando, Nicole
dc.creatorSaldías, Carol
dc.creatorGargiulo, Pascual
dc.creatorCastellanos, Cesar
dc.creatorShelach Bellido, Salomon
dc.creatorLópez, Norman
dc.date2021-11-02T20:16:08Z
dc.date2021-11-02T20:16:08Z
dc.date2021-09
dc.date2022-09
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T20:07:53Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T20:07:53Z
dc.identifier16645464
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11323/8829
dc.identifier10.1159/000518922
dc.identifierCorporación Universidad de la Costa
dc.identifierREDICUC - Repositorio CUC
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9174419
dc.descriptionBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on cognitive health in Latin American older adults, increasing the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of dementia and the associated factors in Latin American older adults during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: A multicentric first phase cross-sectional observational study was conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Five thousand two hundred and forty-five Latin American adults over 60 years of age were studied in 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. We used the telephone version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the "Alzheimer Disease 8"scale for functional and cognitive changes, and the abbreviated version of the Yesavage depression scale. We also asked for sociodemographic and lockdown data. All the evaluation was made by telephone. Cross-tabulations and χ2 tests were used to determine the variability of the prevalence of impairment by sociodemographic characteristics and binary logistic regression to assess the association between dementia and sociodemographic factors. Results: We observed that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America is 15.6%, varying depending on the country (Argentine = 7.83 and Bolivia = 28.5%). The variables most associated with dementia were race and age. It does not seem to be associated with the pandemic but with social and socio-health factors. Conclusion: The prevalence of dementia shows a significant increase in Latin America, attributable to a constellation of ethnic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal
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dc.sourcehttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/518922
dc.subjectdementia
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectethnicity
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.titlePrevalence of dementia and associated factors among older adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
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