Who has a problem drinking in middle age between 50 and 60 years, must increasingly reckon with dementia problems in old age. To the results of a prospective study from the UK.1992 the then 50 to 60 years old 6,550 participants in the Health and Retirement Study four questions asked for alcohol consumption: 1 Have you ever thought about to drink less? 2 Have you ever been annoyed by the criticism of others in their drinking behavior? Have you ever felt guilty about their drinking? 4th you Relieved of alcohol sometimes the start of the day?
Already a positive answer to these questions is a problematic alcohol consumption. In the subsequent observation period of 19 years, cognitive tests were performed. Here participants were with problematic alcohol consumption twice as often poor results in simple memory tests (eg, note several words) as the comparison group (OR 2.21, p = 0.01). . Well…
