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Table 3 Mean (SD) scores on the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale, by item and age group, Lao PDR

From: Assessment of cognitive function among adults aged ≥ 60 years using the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale: cross-sectional study, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Question no. and category (no. of points)

Mean (SD) score

All participants (N = 2206)

Age group (years)

60–64 (n = 731)

65–69 (n = 655)

70–74 (n = 387)

75–79 (n = 256)

≥ 80 (n = 177)

1. Age (1)

0.9 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

0.9 (0.3)

0.9 (0.3)

2. Temporal orientation (4)

2.6 (1.4)

2.9 (1.3)

2.8 (1.3)

2.5 (1.4)

2.3 (1.4)

1.8 (1.4)

3. Spatial orientation (2)

1.9 (0.4)

1.9 (0.3)

1.9 (0.3)

1.8 (0.4)

1.8 (0.5)

1.7 (0.6)

4. Registration (words) (3)

2.8 (0.7)

2.8 (0.6)

2.8 (0.6)

2.8 (0.8)

2.7 (0.8)

2.5 (1.0)

5. Attention/calculation (2)

0.9 (0.8)

1.1 (0.7)

0.9 (0.7)

0.4 (0.7)

0.6 (0.7)

0.4 (0.6)

6. Counting backwards (2)

0.8 (0.8)

0.9 (0.7)

0.8 (0.7)

0.7 (0.7)

0.6 (0.7)

0.5 (0.7)

7. Recall (words) (6)

3.9 (2.1)

4.2 (2.0)

4.1 (2.0)

3.7 (2.1)

3.5 (2.1)

3.1 (2.2)

8. Registration (objects) (5)

3.9 (1.1)

4.1 (0.9)

4.0 (1.0)

3.7 (1.2)

3.6 (1.3)

3.1 (1.4)

9. Word fluency (5)

1.1 (1.3)

1.5 (1.4)

1.2 (1.3)

0.9 (1.1)

0.8 (1.2)

0.5 (1.0)

Total score (30)

18.8 (5.4)

20.4(5.4)

19.6(4.9)

17.8 (5.2)

16.8 (5.6)

14.7 (5.5)

  1. The highest possible score is 30 points; a cutoff of ≤ 20 points was used to indicate cognitive impairment
  2. SD standard deviation