%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Dementia and Its Associated Factors in Cotonou Teaching Hospital, Benin
%A Dieu Donn¨¦ Gnonlonfoun
%A Constant Adjien
%A Paul Macaire Ossou-Nguiet
%A Lansana Laho Diallo
%A Octave Houannou
%A Jocelyn Acakpo
%A G¨¦rard Goudjinou
%A Dismand Houinato
%A Dossou Gilbert Avode
%J Advances in Alzheimer's Disease
%P 94-106
%@ 2169-2467
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aad.2014.32010
%X Introduction: Dementia constitutes a public health hazard in developing countries. There is little data in the sub-Saharan region of African especially in Benin. Objective: Determining dementia hospitalization prevalence and identifying its associated factors in CNHU-HKM, Cotonou. Method: It was a cross-sectional, prospective, descriptive and analytical research conducted from October 2012 to July 2013 in the neurology department; it involved 251 patients aged 50 and above. Dementia screening was conducted using a modified and adapted Mini Mental Scale Examination (MMSE). Dementia clinical and etiological diagnoses were respectively conducted based on DMS-IV and HACHINSKI criteria. Results: Patients were averagely aged 60.9 ¡À 8.1. Sex ratio (Male/Female) was 1.07. Dementia prevalence was 8.8%. This rate increased proportionally with age, from 5.3% with patients aged below 60 to 12.7% with patients aged above 60. Degenerative dementia was the most predominant type (50%). Following multi-varied analysis, smoking (RC = 6.05 [IC 95% = 1.26 - 29.38] p = 0.0001) and stroke past records (RC = 6.05 [IC 95% = 1.26 - 29.38] p = 0.001) revealed to be the factors associated with dementia. Conclusion: This research showed that dementia affects a significant part of the aging population in CNHU-HKM. It is imperative to combat its associated factors so as to defuse its prevalence.
%K Prevalence
%K Dementia
%K Elders
%K MMSE
%K DSMIV
%K Cotonou
%K Benin
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=46896