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Meta-Analysis
. 2023 Mar 11;13(1):88.
doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02361-1.

Global prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among older adults living in nursing homes: a meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological surveys

Pan Chen #  1   2 , Hong Cai #  1   2   3 , Wei Bai #  1   2 , Zhaohui Su  4 , Yi-Lang Tang  5   6 , Gabor S Ungvari  7   8 , Chee H Ng  9 , Qinge Zhang  10 , Yu-Tao Xiang  1   2
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Global prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among older adults living in nursing homes: a meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological surveys

Pan Chen et al. Transl Psychiatry. .

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Abstract

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the early stage of cognitive impairment between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline of dementia. This meta-analysis and systematic review explored the pooled global prevalence of MCI among older adults living in nursing homes and its relevant factors. The review protocol was registered in INPLASY (INPLASY202250098). PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases were systematically searched from their respective inception dates to 8 January 2022. The inclusion criteria were made based on the PICOS acronym, as follows: Participants (P): Older adults living in nursing homes; Intervention (I): not applicable; Comparison (C): not applicable; Outcome (O): prevalence of MCI or the data can generate the prevalence of MCI according to study-defined criteria; Study design (S): cohort studies (only baseline data were extracted) and cross-sectional studies with accessible data published in a peer-reviewed journal. Studies involving mixed resources, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, and commentaries were excluded. Data analyses were performed using Stata Version 15.0. Random effects model was used to synthesize the overall prevalence of MCI. An 8-item instrument for epidemiological studies was used to assess the quality of included studies. A total of 53 articles were included involving 376,039 participants with a mean age ranging from 64.42 to 86.90 years from 17 countries. The pooled prevalence of MCI in older adults in nursing homes was 21.2% (95% CI: 18.7-23.6%). Subgroup and meta-regression analyses revealed that the screening tools used were significantly associated with MCI prevalence. Studies using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (49.8%) had a higher prevalence of MCI than those using other instruments. No significant publication bias was found. Several limitations warrant attention in this study; for example, significant heterogeneity between studies remained and some factors associated with the prevalence of MCI were not examined due to insufficient data. Adequate screening measures and allocation of resources are needed to address the high global prevalence of MCI among older adults living in nursing homes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Flow chart of study selection.
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Fig. 2. The prevalence of MCI among older adults living in nursing homes.
Pooled prevalence was estimated by random-effects model. MCI mild cognitive impairment.
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Fig. 3. Publication bias of included studies on the prevalence of MCI.
Funnel plot was plotted by random effects. MCI mild cognitive impairment.
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