Maererano nemasayendisiti, kunwa nguva dzose kwechinwiwa chakakurumbira, kofi, kazhinji kune kukanganisa kwakanyanya pahuropi hwemunhu munguva refu. Kakawanda kunwa kofi kunobatanidza nekuderera kwehuwandu hwehuropi mune ramangwana uye kuwedzera kwengozi yekuora mwoyo.
Vatsvagiri vakaongorora dhata kubva kuvatori vechikamu 17,702 vane makore 37-73. Vakaona kuti avo vanonwa zvinopfuura makapu matanhatu ekofi pazuva vane 53% yakawedzera njodzi yekuora mwoyo. Panguva imwecheteyo, kushandiswa kwekofi yakawanda kunowanzobatanidzwa nekuderera kwehuwandu hwehuropi uye njodzi huru yekurohwa.
Reference. Dementia chirwere chepfungwa chinopera simba chinokanganisa ndangariro, kufunga, maitiro, uye kugona kuita mabasa emazuva ese. Vanosvika 50 miriyoni vanhu vanobatwa nedementia pasi rose. Semuyenzaniso, muAustralia, dementia ndiyo yechipiri inokonzera rufu, ine mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu ezviitiko zvinoonekwa zuva rega rega.