Abstract
<div>Almost every country is experiencing an increase in the number of elderly people. As we</div><div>age, individuals become more susceptible to Diabetes Mellitus / DM. One of the</div><div>complications of DM is cognitive impairment that threatens the welfare of the elderly</div><div>population. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between DM and</div><div>cognitive function of pre-elderly and elderly patients. This study is a cross sectional research</div><div>with accidental sampling techniques on samples amounted to 97 samples and used medical</div><div>records to determine DM status and Mini Mental State Examination questionnaire to assess</div><div>cognitive function of the sample. The sample in this study was dominated by patients aged 45-</div><div>59 years (63,9%), female gender (58,8%), Junior High School (25,8%). There were 62 pre-</div><div>elderly patients with 17 people (27,4%) have Mild Cognitive Impairment / MCI, and 35</div><div>elderly patients with 20 people (57,1%) have MCI. The result of chi-square test obtained a p-</div><div>value = 0,000 indicating that DM has a significant relationship with cognitive function and</div><div>an OR value of 5,27, which means that DM patients are at risk of 5,27 times greater for</div><div>cognitive impairment compared to non-DM patients.</div>
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