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The influence of alcohol on memory in the elderly
Vajdíková, Markéta ; Šteffl, Michal (advisor) ; Půlpán, David (referee)
Title: The influence of alcohol on memory in the elderly Objectives: To estimate association between alcohol consumption and memory in the elderly above 60 years of age. Methods: The master's thesis is a cross-sectional study. All data were acquired from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) project. For the purpose of this research, the participants were divided into four categories according to the highest acquired level of their education. For data analysis, Kruskal-Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferoni's correction for post - hoc analysis were employed. The testing of participants involved immediate and delayed recall of 10 words. Results: In this research, a total of 36 534 participants were used. Out of this, 20 389 were females and 16 145 were males. In most categories, there were statistically significant differences in both tests, surprisingly preferring alcohol consumption (p<0.001). In males, who had problems with alcohol abuse during their life, the results of both tests were significantly worse (p<0.001). Conclusions: Results indicate statistically significant association between memory and alcohol consumption. Keywords: memory, cognitive functions, alcohol consumption, elderly, SHARE
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The influence of loneliness on hypertension in the elderly
Vajdíková, Markéta ; Šteffl, Michal (advisor) ; Daďová, Klára (referee)
Title: The influence of loneliness on hypertension in the elderly Objectives: The main aim was to estimate the influence of loneliness on hypertension in people over 50 years old. Methods: This Bachelor thesis was constructed as a cross-sectional study. Data were obtained from the 6th wave of the international project Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Generalized linear models for binominal variables were used to estimate the influence of loneliness on hypertension. Results: Data from 32,431 women and 26,245 men were included in the analyses. The average age was 67.3 ± 9.6. Almost all the regression models showed statistically significant (p˂0.05) influence of loneliness on hypertension, except in males after adjusting for age and the other covariates. The highest influence of loneliness on hypertension was found in females where OR = 1,649 (p ˂0.001). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that loneliness could have a statistically significant influence on hypertension in females over 50 years old. Keywords: hypertension, loneliness feeling, SHARE
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