Social Isolation and Memory Decline in Later-life
| Autor: | Emily Grundy, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Sanna Read |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Longitudinal study BF Psychology Social Psychology Socioeconomic position Isolation (health care) Health Status Poor memory Longitudinal methods The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social networks Structural equation models Social Isolation and Integration 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Social isolation Association (psychology) Aged Change score Memory Disorders Age Factors Middle Aged Clinical Psychology Social Isolation Socioeconomic Factors Latent Class Analysis Female Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom Psychology Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1758-5368 1079-5014 |
| Popis: | Objectives To investigate associations between level and changes in social isolation and in memory in older men and women. Methods The sample included 6,123 women and 5,110 men aged 50+ from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). Extended latent change score models from six measurement occasions every 2 years from 2002 were used to investigate associations between social isolation and memory. Models were adjusted for age, socioeconomic position, and health. Results Social isolation increased and memory decreased over time. Among men an initially high level of social isolation was associated with a somewhat greater decrease in memory. Among women a greater increase in social isolation predicted a greater decrease in memory and a larger change in social isolation was associated with further larger changes in isolation, although when social isolation reached a higher level it subsequently decreased. Conclusions Results suggest that the association between social isolation and memory decline arises because social isolation is associated with increased memory decline rather than poor memory leading to increases in social isolation. Men with high levels of social isolation and women with accumulated social isolation over time are especially affected as these patterns of isolation were associated with more profound memory decline. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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