Psychological distress links perceived neighborhood characteristics to longitudinal trajectories of cognitive health in older adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Perceived neighborhood characteristics have been linked to cognitive health in older adulthood. The pathways through which neighborhood characteristics could influence cognition in older adulthood, however, have not been fully explored. Poorer quality neighborhoods may negatively influence cognition through feelings of psychological distress.

Objective

To examine whether perceived neighborhood physical disorder and social cohesion were associated with change in episodic memory and semantic verbal fluency through anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Methods

Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; n = 13,919), mediation models were conducted. Change in cognition (episodic memory and semantic verbal fluency) were modeled using latent growth curve models.

Res

SUBMITTER: Sharifian N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature