Objective: Frequency of cognitive impairment among people over 65 years old in community pharmacy. Study of asssociated factors, referral of cases to the specialist and inclusion in a program of health education.
Material and methods: Cross-sectional study of prevalence, frequency, conducted in four pharmacies (two urban and two rural pharmacies) in the Autonomous Community of Valencia.
Participants: people over 65 years old who come to the pharmacy and who agree to participate in the study after signing an informed consent. It is used as the initial screening test, the Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire of Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer positive cases undergo a second test (Mini-Mental State Examination, NORMACODEM version). A questionnaire designed specifically for the study has been used to collect information. It includes questions to gain demographic data, questions on lifestyle and chronic diseases. We used analysis logistic regression multilevel.
Results: 245 patients have participated (76% of respondents). 12.65% were detected to have cognitive impairment. In the Logistic regression analysis multivariate there is a relation between cognitive impairment and some variables: age, lack of reading habit, unusual reading habit, sleeping less than 6 or more than 8 hours a day. Only 12.9% wanted to be referred for clinical evaluation and 42% were included in a cognitive training program.
Conclusions: There are asssociation between lifestyle habits that are modifiable and cognitive impairment.