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Cognitive Reserve Mediates the Relation between Neighborhood Socio-Economic Position and Cognitive Decline
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We investigated the mediating role of leisure
activity engagement as marker of cognitive reserve in the
relation between neighborhood socio-economic position
(SEP) and cognitive decline over 6 years. Methods: The study
analyzed longitudinal data from 897 older adults who par ticipated in the two waves (2011 and 2017) of the Vivre-Leb en-Vivere (VLV) survey in Switzerland (M = 74.33 years in the
first wave). Trail Making Test parts A and B were adminis tered in both waves. Leisure activity engagement was as sessed during interviews. Neighborhood SEP was derived
from the Swiss Neighborhood Index of Socio-Economic Position (Swiss-SEP), provided by the Swiss National Cohort
(SNC). Results: Latent change score modeling revealed that
42.5% of the relationship between higher neighborhood
SEP and smaller cognitive decline was mediated via a higher
frequency of leisure activities in the first wave. Conclusion:
Neighborhood SEP constitutes an important contextual fac tor potentially influencing the pathways of cognitive reserve
accumulation and, therefore, should be taken into account
to better understand their effects on cognitive decline in old
age.
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Cognitive decline Cognitive reserve Activity engagement Neighborhood socio-economic position Old age Longitudinal study . Faculdade de Ciências Sociais
Citation
Ihle, A., Gabriel, R., Oris, M., Gouveia, É. R., Gouveia, B. R., Marques, A., ... & Kliegel, M. (2022). Cognitive reserve mediates the relation between neighborhood socio-economic position and cognitive decline. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 12(2), 90-93.
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Karger Publishers