Alkhawaldeh Abdullah, Alsaraireh Mahmoud, ALBashtawy Mohammed, Rayan Ahmad, Khatatbeh Moawiah, Alshloul Mohammad, Aljezawi Ma'en, ALBashtawy Sa'd, Musa Ahmad, Abdalrahim Asem, Khraisat Omar, Al-Bashaireh Ahmad, ALBashtawy Zaid, Alhroub Nisser
Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Department of Nursing, Princess Aisha Bint Al Hussein College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Al-Hussain Bin Talal University, Ma'an, Jordan.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2024 Jan 9;29(1):120-124. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_169_22. eCollection 2024 Jan-Feb.
With an increase in elderly people, it is essential to address the issue of cognitive impairment and support healthy aging. This study aimed to assess cognitive impairment and factors associated with it among older adults.
A cross-sectional study was carried out in different catchment areas within the Jerash governorate in the north of Jordan. The Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ) and a household face-to-face interview were used to collect data from 220 older adult participants aged 60 years and more. Descriptive statistics were conducted to describe the study variables. Correlation tests were applied to find associations between them. Logistic regression analysis was applied, with a minimum significance level ( < 0.05).
About 9.10% of the older adults had cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment was correlated with age, self-perceived health, hypertension, stroke, and mental illness. The primary predictors of cognitive impairment were age [odds ratio (OR) =1.07 (1.01-1.14), = 0.001] and stroke [OR = 10.92 1.44-82.85), = 0.001].
While many factors were correlated with cognitive impairment, the strongest predictors of cognitive impairment were age and stroke.
随着老年人数量的增加，解决认知障碍问题并支持健康老龄化至关重要。本研究旨在评估老年人中的认知障碍及其相关因素。
在约旦北部杰拉什省的不同集水区开展了一项横断面研究。使用老年人认知评估问卷（ECAQ）和家庭面对面访谈从220名60岁及以上的老年参与者中收集数据。进行描述性统计以描述研究变量。应用相关性检验以找出它们之间的关联。应用逻辑回归分析，最小显著性水平为（<0.05）。
约9.10%的老年人存在认知障碍。认知障碍与年龄、自我感知健康状况、高血压、中风和精神疾病相关。认知障碍的主要预测因素是年龄[比值比（OR）=1.07（1.01 - 1.14），P = 0.001]和中风[OR = 10.92（1.44 - 82.85），P = 0.001]。
虽然许多因素与认知障碍相关，但认知障碍的最强预测因素是年龄和中风。
