The Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Function in Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults (≥50 years) represent the fastest-growing population of people who use cannabis, potentially due to the increasing promotion of cannabis as medicine by dispensaries and cannabis websites. Given healthy aging and cannabis use are both associated with cognitive decline, it is important to establish the effects of cannabis on cognition in healthy aging.

Objective

This systematic scoping review used preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines to critically examine the extent of literature on this topic and highlight areas for future research.

Method

A search of six databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Family and Society Studies Worldwide, and CINAHL) for articles published by September 2019, yielded

SUBMITTER: Pocuca N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296849 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature