Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Awareness in Commoners

Nayak S, Priyanka JP, Vidyashree M and Abhishek BP

Published on: 2024-08-18

Abstract

Dementia is a progressive degenerative condition Mild cognitive impairment is a precursor to dementia and the increase in the prevalence rates of dementia and MIC over the years has been alarming. Better awareness will facilitate better identification and intervention of MCI and dementia hence it becomes important for general public/commoners to be awareness of these conditions. The current study aimed to study the awareness of mci and dementia in commoners as a function of age. A questionnaire consisting of 15 questions covering holistic details of MCI and dementia was constructed for the current study. A total of 107 respondents filled the questionnaire and the respondents were divided into four sub-groups based on their age. The results showed that the younger respondents were aware of dementia better compared to older respondents which was attributed to their knowledge on contemporary topics.