Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with stable deficits in neurocognitive functioning in traumatically-injured adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In trauma-exposed adults, the relationship between an individual's socioeconomic position (SEP) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been well demonstrated. One potential mechanism by which the stress associated with lower SEPs may impact trauma outcomes is through changes in neurocognition. In both healthy and clinical samples, area-level factors also appear to be independently related to neurocognition. Far less is known about how neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, may impact cognition in traumatically-injured adults. The current study employed hierarchical linear modeling to longitudinally investigate whether neighborhood disadvantage was associated with neurocognitive functioning in five domains: processing speed, sustained attention, controlled attent

SUBMITTER: Webb EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854519 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature