A Nationwide Survey on the Prevalence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in South Korea

Woong Kim, Ki; Hyuk Park, Joon; Kim, Myoung-Hee; Kim, Moon-Doo; Kim, Bong‐Jo; Kim, Shin-Kyum; Lan Kim, Jeong; Woo Moon, Seok; Nam Bae, Jae; Inn Woo, Jong; Ryu, Seung‐Ho; Chul Yoon, Jong; Lee, Nam-Jin; Young Lee, Dong; Woo Lee, Dong; Bum Lee, Seok; Jae Lee, Jung; Lee, Jun‐Young; Uk Lee, Chang; Man Chang, Sung; Hyeong Jhoo, Jin; Je Cho, Maeng

doi:10.3233/jad-2010-101221

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A Nationwide Survey on the Prevalence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in South Korea

Published in Journal of Alzheimer s Disease • Feb 26, 2011

Authors:

Ki Woong Kim

Joon Hyuk Park

Myoung-Hee Kim

Abstract

We investigated the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the factors associate with risk of dementia from a representative nationwide sample of Korean elders. 8,199 randomly-sampled Koreans aged 65 years or older were invited to participate in the Phase I screening assessme...

Subject

Dementia

Medicine

Vascular dementia

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