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Loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
| Title: | Loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. |
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| Name(s): |
Luchetti, Martina, author Terracciano, Antonio, author Aschwanden, Damaris, author Lee, Ji Hyun, author Yannick, Stephan, author Sutin, Angelina, author |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
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Text Journal Article |
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| Date Issued: | 2020-04-06 | |
| Physical Form: |
computer online resource |
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| Extent: | 1 online resource | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Objectives: To test whether loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment up to 11 years later in a European sample of middle-aged and older adults. The study examines whether this association is independent of measures of social isolation, depression and other risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia.Methods: Participants (N = 14,114) from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) answered a single item on loneliness at baseline and were assessed for cognitive impairment every two-to-three years for 11 years. Participants who scored at least 1.5 standard deviations below the age-graded mean on both a memory recall task and verbal fluency task were classified as impaired. A 3-item measure of loneliness was available for a sample of respondents followed up to 4 years.Results: Feeling lonely was associated with increased risk of incident cognitive impairment (HR = 1.31, 95%CI = 1.19-1.44), after accounting for age, sex, education, and SHARE country strata. The association was robust but reduced in magnitude when controlling for clinical and behavioral risk factors, health-related activity limitations, social isolation, social disengagement and depressive symptoms. The association was not moderated by socio-demographic factors and was also apparent when using the 3-item loneliness scale instead of the single-item measure.Conclusions: These findings expand the extant literature on loneliness and risk of cognitive impairment in older adulthood. Loneliness is one modifiable factor that can be intervened on prior to the development of severe impairment or dementia. | |
| Identifier: | FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1594325146_b8714a85 (IID), 10.1002/gps.5304 (DOI) | |
| Keywords: | loneliness, incident cognitive impairment, psycho-social risk factors, social isolation | |
| Publication Note: | This is the accepted manuscript, and the version of record can be found at https://www.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5304 | |
| Grant Number: | NIH/NIA, Grant/Award Numbers: R01AG053297, R21AG057917, R21AG058117 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1594325146_b8714a85 | |
| Host Institution: | FSU | |
| Is Part Of: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. | |
| Issue: | iss. 35 |
Luchetti, M., Terracciano, A., Aschwanden, D., Lee, J. H., Yannick, S., & Sutin, A. (2020). Loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1594325146_b8714a85
