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ArticleDialogues in health2023

Determinants of semantic and episodic memory decline among older adults in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health Ghana wave 2.

George Ekem-Ferguson, John Tetteh, Keziah Malm, Anita Ohenewa Yawson, Richard Biritwum, George Mensah, Alfred Edwin Yawson

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George Ekem-FergusonDepartment of Psychiatry, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
John TettehDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Keziah MalmNational Malaria Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Ghana.
Anita Ohenewa YawsonGround Floor Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesia, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Richard BiritwumDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
George MensahDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Alfred Edwin YawsonDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

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Towards improving the measurement of health and disability trends, the compressioR01AG034479 · NIA · WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION · PI CHATTERJI, SOMNATH · 2010 to 2014
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NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034479
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Objective: Determined factors associated with semantic (SM) and episodic memory (EM) among older adults aged 50 years and older in Ghana. Methods: Data from WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Ghana Wave 2 was used for this study. Semantic memory (SM) and Episodic memory (EM) were the main study outcomes separately. The study employed Nested Ordinary Least Square regression analysis by sequentially adding 6 blocks of variables and comparison tests between the nested models. Results: The study involved 3575 adult Ghanaians aged 50 years and older with a mean ± standard deviation of 62.6 ± 18.4 years. The overall mean ± SD of EM and SM were 5.86 ± 2.51 and 11.69 ± 8.59 respectively. Overall, analysis from block 6 showed a significant variation in SM by approximately 16.9%(ΔR Conclusions: Increasing age, sex, marital status, regional disparity, and poor SRH significantly decreased both Semantic memory and Episodic memory. Higher educational attainment and life satisfaction significantly influenced SM and EM. These provide pointers to important socio-demographic determinants of SM and EM with implications for the implementation of the Ghana national ageing policy 2010, 'ageing with security and dignity', and as a key consideration for healthy ageing towards 2030.

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Episodic memoryGhanaOlder adultsSemantic memory

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