The role of religiosity and religious participation in the relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment among older Indian adults.

ABSTRACT: Due to different nature of social engagements of older adults in South Asian countries specially attributed to the traditional family-based care and support, beneficial effects of religiosity and religious involvement on mental health and cognitive function in older age might be different than those in the Western world. Yet, there is a paucity of research in these countries on the role of religion in moderating the relationship between late life depression and cognition. This study explored the association of depressive symptoms with cognitive impairment and the moderating effects of religiosity and religious participation in those associations among older Indian adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on data that were drawn from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India wave-1, colle

SUBMITTER: Muhammad T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9279482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature