Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been identified as a transition phase between normal cognitive ageing and early dementia. ĭisabilities among older adults are mainly precipitated by cognitive impairments. In 2050, the eighty-and-older population is projected to be quadrupled. Similar trends are seen in Malaysia and it will be categorised as an ageing nation by the year 2035 as this group of population is expected to occupy 15% of the total population. Majority of these older adults (62.3%) are projected to be living in Asia by the year 2050.
The number of older adults in the world is estimated to double from year 20 to 22%. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper.įunding: This study is funded using Longterm Research Grant Scheme (LRGS) provided by Ministry of Education Malaysia (LRGS/BU/2012/UKM-UKM/K/01). Received: FebruAccepted: SeptemPublished: October 3, 2017Ĭopyright: © 2017 Ibrahim et al.
Ginsberg, Nathan S Kline Institute, UNITED STATES Citation: Ibrahim A, Singh DKA, Shahar S (2017) ‘Timed Up and Go’ test: Age, gender and cognitive impairment stratified normative values of older adults.
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