Cognitive Reserve Mediates the Relation between Neighborhood Socio-Economic Position and Cognitive Decline.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We investigated the mediating role of leisure activity engagement as marker of cognitive reserve in the relation between neighborhood socio-economic position (SEP) and cognitive decline over 6 years.

Methods

The study analyzed longitudinal data from 897 older adults who participated in the two waves (2011 and 2017) of the Vivre-Leben-Vivere (VLV) survey in Switzerland (M = 74.33 years in the first wave). Trail Making Test parts A and B were administered in both waves. Leisure activity engagement was assessed during interviews. Neighborhood SEP was derived from the Swiss Neighborhood Index of Socio-Economic Position (Swiss-SEP), provided by the Swiss National Cohort (SNC).

Results

Latent change score modeling revealed that 42.5% of the relationship

SUBMITTER: Ihle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149404 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature