Factors associated with dementia in the elderly ethnic group in Phayao Province

Abstract

This survey research aimed to study 1) Dementia in the elderly ethnic groups in Phayao Province and 2) Factors associated with dementia in the elderly ethnic groups in Phayao Province. The sample were 1,841 elderly ethnic group. 436 participants were randomized by simple random sampling, data collected by using questionnaires, analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Biserial Correlation. The result revealed that most were females(67.67%), average aged at 64.42 years old, status couple(63.95%), average income at 1,536.75 baht per month (S.D.= 523.65), knowledge at moderate level(x ̅ =7.21, SD.=2.96), attitudes were at a moderate (72.93%), exercise behaviors were at a a moderate (74.77%) and found that factors associated with dementia in the elderly ethnic group in Phayao Province were knowledge and exercise behaviors, whereby ethnic elderly people with good knowledge will have higher cognitive impairment scores, and ethnic elderly people in Phayao Province with good exercise behavior will have higher cognitive impairment scores.