Eichholzer M, Christeller S, Thurneysen J, Stähelin H
Medizinisch-geriatrische Klinik, Kantonsspital, Basel.
Soz Praventivmed. 1992;37(3):124-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01624622.
Because of the increasing number of old people in our society more and more dementia cases will be expected. The etiology of dementia is far from being clear. To get some idea about risk factors 4200 participants (on average 60 years old) of the Prospective Basel Study were asked by letter questions about their health and their way of life. One of the hypotheses to be tested is whether or not disabilities or impairments of activities of daily living could be risk factors for dementia. At present only the results of the basic survey can be discussed. Impairments of hearing, of mobility, of cutting toe-nails and of general physical activity were the conditions which were most frequently named. These results of people being mainly healthy with regard to dementia, will make it possible in the future--in contrast to the cross-sectional studies mentioned in the literature--to test the risk of physical disabilities and impairments of activities of daily living for dementia without being confounded by impairments due to dementia.
由于我们社会中老年人数量不断增加，预计痴呆症病例会越来越多。痴呆症的病因远未明确。为了了解风险因素，前瞻性巴塞尔研究的4200名参与者（平均年龄60岁）收到信件，被询问有关他们的健康状况和生活方式的问题。要检验的假设之一是日常生活活动的残疾或损伤是否可能是痴呆症的风险因素。目前只能讨论基础调查的结果。听力、行动能力、剪脚趾甲能力和一般身体活动的损伤是最常被提及的情况。这些结果表明，与文献中提到的横断面研究相比，未来有可能在排除痴呆症导致的损伤干扰的情况下，检验身体残疾和日常生活活动损伤对痴呆症的风险。
