Short cognitive screening in elderlies as a part of advanced pharmaceutical care in Slovak community pharmacies - The pilot study KOGNIMET-SK

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the implementation of a simple, easy-to-use cognitive screening test in the pharmaceutical care of elderly patients (aged 60 years and over) in community pharmacies and to test whether cognitive decline is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Keywords

• metabolic syndrome
• cognitive impairment
• elderly
• pharmaceutical service
• community pharmacy