Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume: 7 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 352-355
The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment among Women with Screened Symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Amarpur Village, G.B Nagar, Greater Noida (U.P.)
Rahul Bhatnagar, Apurva Chatterjee, N.H Simon
School of Nursing & Health Sciences, Noida International University, Gr. Noida. INDIA.
Corresponding Author: Rahul Bhatnagar
ABSTRACT
Background: In recent years, COPD is one of chronic disease which is caused in increasing of mortality. In 1990, WHO gives an estimate that the mortality rate of COPD in European standardized is 50 per 100,000 in males and 20 per 100,000 in females. In 1997, WHO provided a data and, in this data, shown that COPD is main cause of death in men it is 4.7% & in women 2.4%.
Methods: It is cross sectional study, there were three tools used for data collection. First was CAT (COPD ASSESSMENT TEST), MMSE (MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION), MoCA (MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT). The sample was conducted purposively, only from those women who having COPD. In this study 60 samples taken from Amarpur village. Data Analyzed by using SPSS version 20 statistical programs & Karl Pearson coefficient test to find correlation between the variables.
Results: A total of 60 participants completed the study. The mean and standard deviation 24.13 and 2.937 respectively Which was assessed by CAT. These finding shows that the participants having COPD accepts the criteria of the CAT test.
Also, the prevalence of cognitive impairment among the participants was assessed by MMSE test and the mean is 16.9 and standard deviation 2.238. Hence, by using MMSE we came to the observation that the elderly women of the region studied have cognitive impairment.
The correlation between the screened symptoms of COPD and Cognitive impairment among the participants was found to be weak but positive and true, as the mean is 16.27 and standard deviation is 3.935 by assessing through MoCA.
Conclusion: In the analysis, there was a significant association of prevalence of COPD among women and there was a weak but positive and true correlation between screened symptoms of COPD and cognitive impairment among the women of Amarpur village Gr. Noida, U.P.
The indicators/ tools of COPD were associated with the cognitive impairment in rural areas. And the factors those are affecting on the health of women mostly. It arises because of the unhealthy environment and the air pollution in rural area.
Keywords: [COPD, Cognitive Impairment, Women, CAT, MMSE, MoCA]
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