Table 3.
Distribution of cognitive levels by demographic characteristics.
| Cognitive function | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Normal(Score > 12)n (%) | Impaired(Score: 8 —12)n (%) | Dementia(Score ≤ 7)n (%) | P value |
| Overall | 291 (71.9%) | 105 (25.9%) | 9 (2.2%) | |
| Sex: | N = 291 | N = 105 | N = 9 | |
| Male | 73 (25.1) | 39 (37.1) | 3 (33.3) | .053 |
| Female | 218 (74.9) | 66 (62.9) | 6 (66.7) | |
| Age at onset of seizures (yrs) | N = 290 | N = 104 | N = 8 | |
| 60-64 | 102 (35.2) | 15 (15.4) | 2 (25.0) | <.001 |
| 65-69 | 95 (32.8) | 26 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | |
| 70-74 | 62 (21.4) | 26 (25.0) | 1 (12.5) | |
| ≥75 | 31 (10.7) | 36 (34.6) | 3 (37.5) | |
| Marital status | N = 289 | N = 103 | N = 9 | |
| Divorced | 45 (15.6) | 16 (15.5) | 1 (11.1) | .979 |
| Married | 113 (39.1) | 38 (36.9) | 3 (33.3) | |
| Single | 131 (45.3) | 49 (47.6) | 5 (55.6) | |
| Employment status | N = 291 | N = 105 | N = 9 | |
| Unemployed | 159 (54.6) | 81 (77.1) | 8 (88.9) | <.001 |
| Employed | 132 (45.4) | 24 (22.9) | 1 (11.1) | |
| Education status attained | N = 291 | N = 104 | N = 9 | |
| Never attended school | 13 (4.5) | 14 (13.5) | 0 (0.0) | .024 |
| Primary school | 157 (54.0) | 55 (52.9) | 3 (33.3) | |
| Secondary school | 76 (26.1) | 25 (24.0) | 5 (55.6) | |
| University level | 45 (15.5) | 10 (9.6) | 1 (11.1) | |