作者
Francesco Cacciatore, Pasquale Abete, Nicola Ferrara, Claudio Calabrese, Claudio Napoli, Stefania Maggi, Michele Varricchio, Franco Rengo, Osservatorio Geriatrico Campano Study Group
发表日期
1998/11
期刊
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
卷号
46
期号
11
页码范围
1343-1348
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
简介
OBJECTIVE: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is potentially preventable, and the identification of modifiable risk factors for cognitive impairment (CI) for older persons is a very important issue. We examined the cross‐sectional relationship between CHF and CI in an older population.
DESIGN: A cross‐sectional survey.
SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1339 subjects aged 65 and older were selected from the electoral rolls of Campania, a region of southern Italy.
MEASUREMENTS: Sociodemographic characteristics were recorded, as was the presence of cardiovascular diseases, including CHF classified according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) guidelines for disease severity; CI evaluated by means of the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE), with a score of <24 indicating impairment; geriatric depression scale (GDS) rating; blood pressure (BP); and heart rate (HR).
RESULTS: The final sample …
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