Sentence examples for poor cognitive function from inspiring English sources
9 For example, studies in older adults have concluded that high use of anticholinergic medications is associated with poor cognitive function 10, 11 and functional 11 impairments.
Similarly, Vaz Fragoso et al. (2008) suggest that a diminished PEF reflects more than chronic lung disease or exposure to smoke or pollution; for example, low PEF may indicate impaired respiratory muscle strength, upper-extremity functional limitations, and poor cognitive function.
Chronic malnutrition during infancy, marked by stunting, has been associated with poor cognitive function.
BPSD was more frequently found in patients with advanced dementia, poor cognitive function and highly correlated to caregivers' strain.
Conversely, it has been suggested that perioperative hypocapnia is associated with the risk of delayed anesthesia emergence and poor cognitive function in adult patients [11].
Poor cognitive function is associated with negative consequences across settings of care, but research instruments are arduous for routine clinical implementation.
As a result, some have reported that PMV patients experience poor survival, low quality of life, diminished functional status and poor cognitive functioning, and require substantial postdischarge care giving, whereas other have demonstrated a survival benefit from PMV [ 4, 7- 10].
Studies have demonstrated that attrition was associated with being older and being cognitively impaired, with having poor cognitive functioning, living alone and not being married, lower socio-economic status or level of education and being less socially active [ 8, 9].
In this longitudinal study of US adults with diabetes aged ≥ 70 years who were functioning cognitively in the normal range, poor cognitive functioning was a significant and independent predictor of subsequent mortality and the development of functional disability.
That may change as new research links hearing loss to poor cognitive functioning, falls and the onset of dementia in older adults.
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