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The Preventive and risk factors for developing cognitive impairment among medical workers in Lithuania / Eglė Bagdonaitė
Type of publication
Konferencijų tezės nerecenzuojamame leidinyje / Conference theses in non-peer-reviewed publication (T2)
Title
The Preventive and risk factors for developing cognitive impairment among medical workers in Lithuania / Eglė Bagdonaitė
Publisher (trusted)
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Date Issued
2019-03-29
Extent
p. 65-65.
Is part of
ECNP seminar in neuropsychopharmacology : 29-31 March, 2019, Palanga, Lithuania / Psychiatry Clinic at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry. Young Psychiatrist Association. [Utrecht] : European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019.
Version
Originalus / Original
Description
Abstracts of Participants
Field of Science
Abstract
Background. With the increasing of the life expectancy, the average age of practising medical workers in Lithuania has reached 49 years, and still the tendency towards life expectancy is continuing to increase. Therefore, cognitively healthy aging has been prioritised in Lithuania. Objective. To evaluate the incidence of preventive and risk factors for developing cognitive impairment/ dementia among medical workers in Lithuania, and to predict this risk over a 20- year period. Materials and methods: In total, 138 medical workers aged 50 years and older (89.9% were females) at three different medical institutions in Lithuania, participated in the cross-sectional study and filled in a questionnaire developed by authors. The risk for developing cognitive impairment/dementia in 20 years was calculated using the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) risk score. Results. The one third of subjects (31.2%) had two risk-increasing factors. All subjects had one preventive factor – education and the majority (42.0%) had two additional preventive factors. The risk of 1% for developing cognitive impairment/dementia in 20 years was estimated for 61.6%, 1.9% risk for 34.1% and 4.2% risk for 4.3% medical workers. Conclusions. The risk of developing cognitive impairment/dementia in 20 years of lifetime among medical workers in Lithuania did not exceed 4.2%.
Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Other Identifier(s)
(LSMU ALMA)990000985600107106
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Language
Anglų / English (en)