Impact of transition in work status and social participation on cognitive performance among elderly in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transition to the oldage marks a change in work and social participation. Socio-economic and physical conditions arising from this change pose a risk for cognitive outcomes among the elderly. Gender shows different pathways to deal with the pattern of participation and to maintain cognitive health. In India, work participation in the oldage is an outcome of financial deprivations and lack of support. At the same time, alterations in social interactions can induce stress and precipitate cognitive decline in oldage. A dearth of studies in this domain motivates us to estimate the effect of change in work and social participation on cognitive performance of the elderly in the Indian context.

Methods

The study has used the cross-sectional data on 5212 elderly from th

SUBMITTER: Chanda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6737668 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature