Occupational social interaction is associated with reduced dementia risk: The Trondelag Health Study (HUNT).

ABSTRACT: Lifetime social engagement could build cognitive reserve and lower the risk of dementia through compensatory effects on brain health. We aimed to investigate whether social interaction at work is protective of later-life cognitive impairment. Data from 9,248 participants of the population-based Norwegian HUNT4 70+ Study (2017-2019), with cognitive assessments at or after age 70, were linked retrospectively to longitudinal registry-based employment information spanning ages 30-65 years. An occupational social interaction score was computed using occupational characteristics from the O*NET database. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the associations between occupational social interaction and dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), while linear regression was used to

SUBMITTER: Bratsberg B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12670332 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature