The Contributing Factors to Mild Cognitive Impairment (Difficulty in Remembering) in Ghana - A Logistic Regression Approach

The study analyzed the contributing factors associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in Ghana using the WHO study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) data from Ghana. The data consisted of 5011 participants. The respondents were asked to indicate their difficulty in concentrating or remembering things in the last 30 days. The study categorizes the response into two (None and Some difficulty) and analyzes using logistic regression. We found that a little above 40% of the people have MCI. The females were more vulnerable in experiencing MCI with odds exceeding those of males by more than 29%. MCI is more common among people experiencing severe or moderate vision problems. Also, it was discovered that those with higher degrees of education tend to have better memory than people with lower levels of education or no education. Again, MCI is susceptible among aged people who do not engage in physical activities like working or exercising as well as those that are depressed. The logistic regression model found age, sex, educational level, difficulties seeing, depression, SBP, HR, exercise, employment status, and tribe to be statistically significant in factors associated with MCI. © 2023 Horizon Research Publishing. All rights reserved.