Prevalence and Patterns of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Community Dwelling Older People in Nigeria.

Objective: Prevalence and patterns of cognitive impairment were studied in older people from Nigeria.

Method: Four hundred and forty one participants (263 females; age: 60-87) were recruited from community dwelling adults in Anambra state Nigeria. Five domains of cognition were tested using the Uniform Data Set Version 3 (UDS-3).