Screening of intrinsic capacity impairment in community-dwelling older adults in Cameroon: A national cross-sectional study
Thierry Roland Njille Ehawa, Gustave Mabiama, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Christine Fernande Nyangono Biyegue, Maturin Tabue-Teguo, Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson · 2026
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Thierry Roland Njille Ehawa and colleagues ran a 2026 national screening study of inner capacity in older adults living at home in Cameroon. Inner capacity bundles domains such as movement, nutrition, senses, mood, and thinking, and the team used the World Health Organization ICOPE first step to check it.
From January to June 2024, 597 adults aged 60 or more joined across all ten regions. Almost everyone, 96.8 percent of those screened, showed weakness in at least one domain, and counts spread up to all six domains in a small share. Checks against standard nutrition and disability scores supported the tool's cutoffs for eating and movement. The findings press for routine screening in primary care.
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| CREATOR | Thierry Roland Njille Ehawa, Gustave Mabiama, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Christine Fernande Nyangono Biyegue, Maturin Tabue-Teguo, Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31042 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |