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A study to assess the prevalence and the level of dementia among elderly residing in a selected urban community

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A study to assess the prevalence and level of dementia among elderly residing in a selected urban community at Kollam. Descriptive approach with non-experimental descriptive design was adopted for this study. The researcher assessed the level of dementia using Dementia Mental Status Examination Scale, a standardised tool adapted from Strub, R.L. & Black, F. W. (2000). Convenient sampling was used to select 50 elderly from selected urban community at Kollam. The findings of the study were that 6 percent of the samples had Stage I dementia, 2 percent belongs to Stage II and 2 percent belongs to Stage III dementia. The computed Chi-square value shows that there is a significant association between age and the level of dementia among elderly at 0.05 level.

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Dementia, prevalence, level of Dementia, Elderly.

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"A study to assess the prevalence and the level of dementia among elderly residing in a selected urban community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1227-1230, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802222.pdf

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"A study to assess the prevalence and the level of dementia among elderly residing in a selected urban community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1227-1230, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802222.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR1802222
Registration ID: 180523
Published In: Volume 5 | Issue 2 | Year March-2018
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Page No: 1227-1230
Country: KOLLAM, KERALA, India .
Area: Medical Science
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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