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CURRENT SITUATION OF DEMENTIA AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GENDER INEQUALITY FACTORS
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Background: Dementia is a chronic progressive syndrome, that impairing cognitive domains and affects the ability to control daily activities. A better understanding of how sex and gender differences impact the progression and development of dementia will help improve the ability to prevent risk factors and improve cognitive function. Objectives: Determine the proportion of dementia patients by gender and the relationship with some factors. Research subjects and methods: 399 dementia patients in Thanh Mien and Gia Loc districts, Hai Duong province in 2021-2022. Results: The majority of patients with dementia are female at 72.4%. The rate of women not going to school is 1.5 times higher than that of men (63.7 compared to 43.6%). The rate of women with dementia working as farmers is nearly twice as high as that of men (82.7% compared to 49.1%). The proportion of women living with a partner is lower than that of men (56.1 vs 74.5%). Females had a higher rate of underweight and overweight than men (27.7 vs. 16.4% and 6.2 vs. 4.6%). The rate of men suffering from stroke is higher than that of women (36.4 vs. 20.8%). The rates of alcohol abuse and nicotine dependence in men were both higher than in women (33.6 vs. 14.9%; 40.9 vs. 22.5%). Conclusions: Related factors in women include: education level, occupation, having a partner, and being underweight. Risk factors in men: stroke, alcohol abuse, and nicotine dependence.
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