%0 Journal Article
%T State of the Places of Senile Dementia in the Old Hospice of the City of Lubumbashi
%A Fabrice Lele Mutombo
%A Criss Koba Mjumbe
%A Isabelle Kasongo Omba
%A Franck Omangelo Shongo
%A Nora Mwamini Asani
%A Beatrice Koba Bora
%J Advances in Alzheimer's Disease
%P 39-46
%@ 2169-2467
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aad.2019.84004
%X The objective of this study was to describe the state of the scene of senile dementia in an intra-institutional environment in the city of Lubumbashi. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study, over a period of three months, from February 20 to May 20, 2016. The study population is made up of the residents of the 9 retirement institutions for senior citizens (old people¡¯s home) which counts the city of Lubumbashi. Participation was voluntary with informed consent duly signed by the patient. The probable cases of dementia were detected through the CSI-D and the 5-word test. A predominance of Alzheimer¡¯s was noted (76.92%) and most of them were widowed (69.23%). The mean age of the dementia population was 76.46 ¡À 9.87 years, while (69.23%) of the patients were out of school. In (23.08%) cases demented patients were male, with a sex ratio of 0.3. Nearly (46.15%) of the demented were drinking. It appears that (69.23%) of the dementias were hypertensive. There are associations between different risk factors and the presence of dementias. Alcohol with an OR (Odd Ratio) = 0.08 (95% CI [0.01 - 0.72], p < 0.05). In our environment, our results indicate a different situation with a much higher prevalence.
%K State of Play
%K Senile Dementia
%K Old Hospice
%K City of Lubumbashi/RD Congo
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=97979