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Reversion to Normal Cognition and Its Correlates among the Community-dwelling Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment: the Longitudinal Cohort Study

Korean Journal of Adult Nursing 2015;27(6):656-664.
Published online: December 31, 2015

1Division of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

2Graduate School of Clinical Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

3Department of Nursing Science, The University of Suwon, Suwon, Korea

Corresponding author: Kang, Younhee Division of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3277-4483, Fax: +82-2-3277-2850, E-mail: yxk12@ewha.ac.kr
• Received: August 31, 2015   • Accepted: December 12, 2015

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  • Purpose
    The purposes of this study were to identify the rate of reversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to normal cognition (NC) among the community-dwelling elderly and to determine if there were differences in cognitive function, leisure activities, and exercises between the group with MCI-maintained and the group with reversion to NC.
  • Methods
    This study utilized a longitudinal descriptive comparative design. A total of 346 subjects over age 65 was recruited from public health center at baseline. Finally 152 elderly were enrolled at 1 year follow-up. Data were collected through MoCA-K, K-MMSE, KDSQ-C5 and questionnaires on leisure activities and exercises. Data were analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 using descriptive statistics, x2 test, and t-test.
  • Results
    The rate of reversion from MCI to NC among the subjects was 44.1%. At baseline, the group with MCI-maintained had lower cognitive function than the group with reversion to NC. At 1 year follow-up, the group with reversion to NC had higher subjective cognitive function than the group with MCI-maintained. Regarding leisure activities, there were differences between the groups at baseline and 1 year follow-up.
  • Conclusion
    It is suggested that age, education year, subjective cognitive function, and leisure activities should be considered at planning a nursing intervention for MCI.
Table 1.
MET (Metabolic Equivalent)
METs Types of exercise
2.5 Billiards
3 Bowling, gate ball, dumbbell
3.5 Hang glider
4 Walking, golf, yoga, hypogastric breathing
4.5 Weight lifting, table tennis, canoe, badminton, volleyball, horse-riding
5 Basketball, survival game, headstand, dodge ball, baseball, horizontal bar exercise, dancing, freehand exercise
5.5 Bicycle riding, calisthenics, fitness, foot volleyball, aerobics
6 Kendo, swimming, fencing, water-skiing, hula hoop
7 Football, tennis, ice skating, running, jogging, soccer, roller skating
8 Push-up, boxing, judo, teukgongmoosool, hiking, handball, karate, sit-up, ssireum, kung fu, wrestling, climbing stairs, hapkido
10 Kickboxing, martial arts, jump rope, taekwondo
12 Squash
Table2.
RateofNCGroupwith Reversionto NC, Groupwith MCI Maintained and Group with Progress to Dementia (N=152)
Groups n(%)
Group with reversion to NC 67(44.1)
Group with MCI maintained 81(53.3)
Group with progress to dementia 4(2.6)

NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

Table3.
Comparisonsof General CharacteristicsbetweenGroupwith Reversionto NCandGroupwith MCI Maintainedat Base (N=148)
Characteristics Categories Group with reversion to NC (n=67) Group with MCI maintained (n=81) x2 or t p
n (%) or M±SD n (%) or M±SD
Gender Male 18 (26.9) 21 (25.9) 0.02 .522
Female 49 (73.1) 60 (74.1)
Age (year)   71.9±5.5 74.9±5.7 -3.31 .001
65~74 48 (71.6) 38 (46.9) - -
75~84 19 (28.4) 37 (45.7)
85 ≥   6 (7.4)
Education years   8.70±4.71 5.02±4.74 4.71 .001 <
0~5 11 (16.4) 41 (50.6) 18.94 .001 <
6~8 22 (32.8) 17 (21.0)
9~11 14 (20.9) 9 (11.1)
12 ≥ 20 (29.9) 14 (17.3)
Marital status With spouse 40 (59.7) 36 (44.4) 3.42 .071
Without spouse 27 (40.3) 45 (55.6)

NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

Table 4.
Comparison of Cognitive Function, Leisure Activity and Exercise between the Group with Reversion to NC and the Group with MCI Maintained (N=148)
Characteristics Categories Group with reversion to NC (n=67) Group with MCI maintained (n=81) t p
M±SD M±SD
Objective cognitive function (MoCA-K) Baseline 20.60±1.61 17.65±3.41 6.89 .001 <
1 year F/U 25.12±1.68 18.60±3.32 15.43 .001 <
Subjective cognitive function (KDSQ-C5) Baseline 2.78±2.04 3.46±2.55 -1.77 .080
1 year F/U 2.01±1.94 2.96±2.30 -2.72 .007
Leisure activity (times/year) Baseline 793.67±372.41 666.91±343.35 2.15 .033
Watching TV 329.57±103.29 334.73±97.78
Listening radio 105.57±160.74 75.44±136.46
Reading newspapers 165.75±165.91 101.24±152.98
Reading books 138.58±157.71 95.10±143.13
Playing games 30.31±69.71 38.65±101.37
Participating cultural class 14.57±33.58 15.24±43.53
Others 9.33±50.24 6.5±42.13
1 year F/U 812.04±319.38 678.80±271.21 2.75 .007
Watching TV 357.99±41.30 362.74±20.33
Listening radio 97.57±154.95 51.09±125.60
Reading newspapers 149.52±170.19 100.94±156.65
Reading books 116.80±156.34 117.49±160.78
Playing games 30.86±87.44 33.44±95.99
Participating cultural class 29.10±75.53 6.81±20.72
Others 30.21±94.80 6.30±20.93
Exercise (Kcal/week) Baseline 926.20±1,230.57 889.90±1,253.03 0.18 .860
3 MET 5 ≤ < 1,037.63±725.72 1,058.97±605.02
5 MET 7 ≤ < 1,257.30±809.61 1,288.14±738.98
7 MET ≤ 1,598.29±1,009.36 2,601.46±2,148.50
1 year F/U 925.64±1,186.95 815.00±1,284.12 0.54 .590
3 MET 5 ≤ < 1,104.29±675.55 1,032.27±594.38
5 MET 7 ≤ < 916.14±785.60 1,167.92±836.62
7 MET ≤ 2,000.40±1028.63 3,941.33±2,505.23

NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment; MET=metabolic equivalent.

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    MET (Metabolic Equivalent)

    METs Types of exercise
    2.5 Billiards
    3 Bowling, gate ball, dumbbell
    3.5 Hang glider
    4 Walking, golf, yoga, hypogastric breathing
    4.5 Weight lifting, table tennis, canoe, badminton, volleyball, horse-riding
    5 Basketball, survival game, headstand, dodge ball, baseball, horizontal bar exercise, dancing, freehand exercise
    5.5 Bicycle riding, calisthenics, fitness, foot volleyball, aerobics
    6 Kendo, swimming, fencing, water-skiing, hula hoop
    7 Football, tennis, ice skating, running, jogging, soccer, roller skating
    8 Push-up, boxing, judo, teukgongmoosool, hiking, handball, karate, sit-up, ssireum, kung fu, wrestling, climbing stairs, hapkido
    10 Kickboxing, martial arts, jump rope, taekwondo
    12 Squash

    RateofNCGroupwith Reversionto NC, Groupwith MCI Maintained and Group with Progress to Dementia (N=152)

    Groups n(%)
    Group with reversion to NC 67(44.1)
    Group with MCI maintained 81(53.3)
    Group with progress to dementia 4(2.6)

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

    Comparisonsof General CharacteristicsbetweenGroupwith Reversionto NCandGroupwith MCI Maintainedat Base (N=148)

    Characteristics Categories Group with reversion to NC (n=67) Group with MCI maintained (n=81) x2 or t p
    n (%) or M±SD n (%) or M±SD
    Gender Male 18 (26.9) 21 (25.9) 0.02 .522
    Female 49 (73.1) 60 (74.1)
    Age (year)   71.9±5.5 74.9±5.7 -3.31 .001
    65~74 48 (71.6) 38 (46.9) - -
    75~84 19 (28.4) 37 (45.7)
    85 ≥   6 (7.4)
    Education years   8.70±4.71 5.02±4.74 4.71 .001 <
    0~5 11 (16.4) 41 (50.6) 18.94 .001 <
    6~8 22 (32.8) 17 (21.0)
    9~11 14 (20.9) 9 (11.1)
    12 ≥ 20 (29.9) 14 (17.3)
    Marital status With spouse 40 (59.7) 36 (44.4) 3.42 .071
    Without spouse 27 (40.3) 45 (55.6)

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

    Comparison of Cognitive Function, Leisure Activity and Exercise between the Group with Reversion to NC and the Group with MCI Maintained (N=148)

    Characteristics Categories Group with reversion to NC (n=67) Group with MCI maintained (n=81) t p
    M±SD M±SD
    Objective cognitive function (MoCA-K) Baseline 20.60±1.61 17.65±3.41 6.89 .001 <
    1 year F/U 25.12±1.68 18.60±3.32 15.43 .001 <
    Subjective cognitive function (KDSQ-C5) Baseline 2.78±2.04 3.46±2.55 -1.77 .080
    1 year F/U 2.01±1.94 2.96±2.30 -2.72 .007
    Leisure activity (times/year) Baseline 793.67±372.41 666.91±343.35 2.15 .033
    Watching TV 329.57±103.29 334.73±97.78
    Listening radio 105.57±160.74 75.44±136.46
    Reading newspapers 165.75±165.91 101.24±152.98
    Reading books 138.58±157.71 95.10±143.13
    Playing games 30.31±69.71 38.65±101.37
    Participating cultural class 14.57±33.58 15.24±43.53
    Others 9.33±50.24 6.5±42.13
    1 year F/U 812.04±319.38 678.80±271.21 2.75 .007
    Watching TV 357.99±41.30 362.74±20.33
    Listening radio 97.57±154.95 51.09±125.60
    Reading newspapers 149.52±170.19 100.94±156.65
    Reading books 116.80±156.34 117.49±160.78
    Playing games 30.86±87.44 33.44±95.99
    Participating cultural class 29.10±75.53 6.81±20.72
    Others 30.21±94.80 6.30±20.93
    Exercise (Kcal/week) Baseline 926.20±1,230.57 889.90±1,253.03 0.18 .860
    3 MET 5 ≤ < 1,037.63±725.72 1,058.97±605.02
    5 MET 7 ≤ < 1,257.30±809.61 1,288.14±738.98
    7 MET ≤ 1,598.29±1,009.36 2,601.46±2,148.50
    1 year F/U 925.64±1,186.95 815.00±1,284.12 0.54 .590
    3 MET 5 ≤ < 1,104.29±675.55 1,032.27±594.38
    5 MET 7 ≤ < 916.14±785.60 1,167.92±836.62
    7 MET ≤ 2,000.40±1028.63 3,941.33±2,505.23

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment; MET=metabolic equivalent.

    Table 1. MET (Metabolic Equivalent)

    Table2. RateofNCGroupwith Reversionto NC, Groupwith MCI Maintained and Group with Progress to Dementia (N=152)

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

    Table3. Comparisonsof General CharacteristicsbetweenGroupwith Reversionto NCandGroupwith MCI Maintainedat Base (N=148)

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment.

    Table 4. Comparison of Cognitive Function, Leisure Activity and Exercise between the Group with Reversion to NC and the Group with MCI Maintained (N=148)

    NC=normal cognition; MCI=mild cognitive impairment; MET=metabolic equivalent.

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