Relationship between cognitive impairment and the combined effects of environmental factors

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Etindele Sosso Faustin Armel and Molotchnikoff Stephane

University of Montreal, Canada

: J Trauma Stress Disor

Abstract

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Cerebral function is mainly improved during delicate stage of development that is, between youth and adolescence. This important stage is characterised by creation of synapses, fine-tuning of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter systems, improvement of brain structures and development of nervous connections. Indeed most of brain diseases result due to variance or damage to any of these events. As a consequence of these imbalances, impairments in perception, learning and cognitive performance of an individual may arise. The aim of this first part study is to explore how detection of cognitive impairments is link with a combined effect of sociodemographic items we choose. This case control epidemiological study was leaded with a questionnaire incorporating the short fifteen items version of cognitive complaints detection’s Mc Nair Test which is used for detect cognitive complains. The questionnaire also included ten socio-demographic items and fourty seven others questions divided in seven sections: quality of sleep, level of stress, depression, anxiety, general health, physical skills and dependences. Our results suggested a strong link between increasing in cognitive complains and the combination of at least four bad score to each section. They also suggested cognitive impairment rate is 2.3 times higher with people with long duration of diplomation. Duration of a course certainly affect neuronal memory.

Biography

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Email: faustin.armel.etindele.sosso@umontreal.ca