Cognitive profile of elderly in primary health care

To investigate the cognitive profile of elderly assisted in Primary Health Care. Descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in the city of Campina Grande, in the state of Paraíba (PB), from January to March 2018. The sample consisted of 50 elderly individuals - 10 subjects from each District. An instrument containing questions related to the sociodemographic profile, self-reported health problems and the Mini Mental StateExamination (MMSE) was used. The data obtained was entered and stored in spreadsheets, processed and tabulated in the SPSS program and presented in tables. There was a predominance of females - 38 (76%) - and 24 elderly (48%) self-reported as brown in color. Age ranged from 61 to 96 years, with 70.3 ± 7.91, married (48%), born in a rural area: 30 (60%) and 14 elderly (28%) were illiterate. There was a distribution of the various cognitive functions of 21.37 ± 11.84. The most affected domains were visual construction, attention and calculation, short-term memory and evocation of words (language). One limitation of the study was the small sample size, which reduced the possibility of generalization of its results.It was concluded that sociodemographic aspects can impact cognitive ability.