Dementia is one of the most important public health problems as a result of the rapidincrease in the number of elderly persons worldwide. Improvement of prevention strategies andcaring for people with dementia should be undertaken. We performed a door-to-door study toscreen all subjects aged 50 years and older (n=4,329 of 33,285 inhabitants) in Al-Quseir city. The screening was performed by ... Read more

The aim of this study is to determine the various risk factors and stroke characteristics that play a role in development of poststrokecongnitive impairment. A total of 119 chronic stroke patients were included in the study. Patients with history of psychiatric, medical or taking drugs that cause cognitive impairement were excluded from the study. The stroke patients were classified into ... Read more