Stella?Maria Paddick|Anna R. Longdon|William K. Gray|Catherine Dotchin|Aloyce Kisoli|Paul Chaote|Richard Walker
The association between educational level and dementia in rural Tanzania
North Tyneside General Hospital|Newcastle University|Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust|North Tyneside General Hospital|Newcastle University|North Tyneside General Hospital|Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam|Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam|Newcastle University|North Tyneside General Hospital
abstract majority people dementia worldwide live developing countries studies developed world reported association lower educational attainment dementia data developing world literacy educational levels frequently much lower study assessed association education dementia prevalence rural tanzanian setting methods phase 1198 individuals aged 70 assessed using community screening instrument dementia csid phase ii stratified sample seen phase fully assessed clinical diagnosis based dsmiv criteria made appropriate information regarding literacy highest attained educational level occupation also collected results median subject cognitive score csid 257 iqr 227 280 females 277 iqr 257 294 males difference significant u1177700 z 9880 plt0001 males females lower csid subject cognitive score significantly associated formal education u348665 z 6688 plt0001 females u207570 z 6278 plt0001 males adjusting effect age formal education significantly associated greater odds probable dementia csid illiteracy amongst interviewed phase ii significant difference literacy education diagnosed dsmiv dementia without conclusion rural tanzanian population found significant association low levels education dementia csid relationship significant cases meeting dsmiv criteria dementia