Factors Related to Mild Cognitive Impairment of Older Adults in Naphralan Sub-district Chalermphrakiet district Saraburi Province.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1. to explore the mild cognitive impairment of the older adults at Naphralan Sub-District, Chalermphrakiet District, Saraburi Province 2. to explore the performance of activities of daily living (ADLs) and memory performance of older adults with cognitive impairment 3. to explore the relationship between sex, age, education, income, disease and performance of ADLs also the relationship between memory performance and mild cognitive impairment of older adults. Quantitative method was employed in this study for the investigation. Research instruments included Personal Information, Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index (BADL), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST). The sample contained 140 older adults selecting by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics for calculating percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Then, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were examined. The results found that 1) older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MoCA <24) equalled to 114 or 81.42 %. 2) The scores of performance of ADLs at intermediate high level equalled to 78.90% when the low level of memory performance equalled to 34.20%. and 3) Among studied factors consisting of age, education, income, disease, performance of ADLs, and memory performance were correlated with mild cognitive impairment at a statistical significance level of .05. From this research, mild cognitive impairment screening should be used in screening the elderly to cover all villages. And the results of the research should be used as a guideline for educating in practice of preventing dementia.