TITLE:
The Association between Activity of Daily Living and the Combination of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cataract in Elderly Requiring Nursing Care
AUTHORS:
Toshio Hamagishi, Toshimitsu Inagawa, Yasuhiro Kambayashi, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Masami Kitaoka, Junko Mitoma, Hiroki Asakura, Fumihiko Suzuki, Daisuke Hori, Enoch Olando Anyenda, Nguyen Thi Thu Thao, Yuri Hibino, Koichi Hayashi, Aki Shibata, Takiko Sagara, Jiro Okochi, Kiyoshi Takamoku, Kotaro Hatta, Tadashi Konoshita, Hiroyuki Nakamura
KEYWORDS:
Alzheimer’s Disease, Cataract, Elderly, Activity of Daily Living, Cognitive Function
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.8 No.10,
July
22,
2016
ABSTRACT: Some clinical and epidemiological studies have suggested that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and cataract, may share common pathogenetic mechanisms, subsequently a positive association between the prevalence of AD and cataract, although other studies found no significant relationship between dementia and visual impairment including cataract in the elderly. Little is known about the association between Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and the combination of AD and cataract. To examine the association between ADL and the combination of AD and cataract, we performed a national survey in nursing care institutions in Japan, examining the decreased ADL in elderly with and without AD and cataract for 453 elderly aged 85.0 ± 8.13 years. The proportion, 43.5% of AD in subjects without cataract was significantly higher than that, 23.5% with cataract. Almost all ADL in AD with cataract was significantly lower than that without cataract, although all ADL in cataract patients receiving surgery in AD was significantly (all p