Lifecourse Traumatic Events and Cognitive Aging in the Health and Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Much of the heterogeneity in the rate of cognitive decline and the age of dementia onset remains unexplained, and there is compelling data supporting psychosocial stressors as important risk factors. However, the literature has yet to come to a consensus on whether there is a causal relationship and, if there is, its direction and strength. This study estimates the relationship between lifecourse traumatic events and cognitive trajectories and predicted dementia incidence.

Methods

Using data on 7,785 participants aged ≥65 years from the Health and Retirement Study, this study estimated the association between lifecourse experience of 10 traumatic events (e.g., losing a child) and trajectories of Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status from 2006 to 2016 using li

SUBMITTER: Stebbins RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10493076 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature