Facets of Conscientiousness and risk of dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple studies have found Conscientiousness to be protective against dementia. The purpose of this study is to identify which specific aspects, or facets, of Conscientiousness are most protective against cognitive impairment and whether these associations are moderated by demographic factors and/or genetic risk.

Methods

Health and Retirement Study participants were selected for analysis if they completed the facets of Conscientiousness measure, scored in the range of normal cognitive functioning at the baseline personality assessment, and had at least one follow-up assessment of cognition over the up to 6-year follow-up (N = 11 181). Cox regression was used to test for risk of incident dementia and risk of incident cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND).

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SUBMITTER: Sutin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5839940 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature