Ten-Year Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Diagnoses and Associated Medical and Psychiatric Conditions in a National Cohort of Older Female Veterans.

CONCLUSION: Few studies have characterized the prevalence of cognitive impairment in female veterans despite the expected increases in CI and impending demographic shifts in the military. The high prevalence of medical and psychiatric conditions in female veterans with CI highlights their healthcare burden and emphasizes the need for further investigations into the prevention, treatment, and care of cognitive impairment in this understudied population. PMID: 30704839 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Source Type: research