老年人轻度认知障碍的危险因素研究进展

Research Progress of Risk Factors of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elderly People

随着世界人口老龄化发展,老年痴呆正在成为一个全球性的公共卫生问题。轻度认知障碍(MCI)是介于正常老化和老年痴呆之间的过渡阶段,此阶段个体存在超出其年龄范围的记忆或其它认知障碍,大部分患者将转化为痴呆,故通过研究轻度认知障碍相关危险因素来改善认知功能障碍老年人的生活质量对预防老年人痴呆具有非常重大的意义。

With the global development of aged tendency, senile dementia is becoming a worldwide public health problem. Mild cognitive impair- ment （MCI） is the transitional stage between normal aging and senile dementia, at this stage patients will suffer from memory beyond their age or other cognitive dysfunctions and most of them will transform into dementia. Therefore, improving the life quality of elderly patients with cognitive impairment by studying the risk factors of MCI has great significance to the prevention of senile dementia.