Is use of the internet in midlife associated with lower dementia incidence? Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dementia is expected to affect one million individuals in the United Kingdom by 2025; its prodromal phase may start decades before its clinical onset. The aim of this study is to investigate whether use of internet from 50 years of age is associated with a lower incidence of dementia over a ten-year follow-up.

Methods

We analysed data based on 8,238 dementia free (at baseline in 2002-2004) core participants from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Information on baseline use of internet was obtained through questionnaires; dementia casesness was based on participant (or informant) reported physician diagnosed dementia or overall score on the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE). Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was

SUBMITTER: d'Orsi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6127001 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature