A Study to Assess the Cognitive Impairment among Elderly People

A descriptive study was conducted among 62 elderly people living in Tholur Panchayath, Thrissur to assess the cognitive impairment among elderly people. The objectives of the study were to assess the cognitive impairment among elderly people and to find the association between the cognitive impairment among elderly people with selected socio demographic variables. Total 62 samples were selected using a convenient sampling technique. The data was collected using self-structured sociodemographic questionnaire and Montreal cognitive assessment scale. The statistical analysis of the data shows that Majority of the subjects (45.2%) have severe cognitive impairment, 30.6% have moderate cognitive impairment and 24.2% had mild cognitive impairment and there is a significant association between cognitive impairment among elderly people with age (p=0.006) and literacy (p=0.0001) at p<0.05.