Long-term household material socioeconomic resources and cognitive health in a population-based cohort of older adults in rural northeast South Africa, 2001-2015.

ABSTRACT: Material resources owned by households that affect daily living conditions may be salient for cognitive health during aging, especially in low-income settings, but there is scarce evidence on this topic. We investigated relationships between long-term trends in household material resources and cognitive function among older adults in a population-representative study in rural South Africa. Data were from baseline interviews with 4580 adults aged ≥40 in "Health and Ageing in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa" (HAALSI) in 2014/2015 linked to retrospective records on their household material resources from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) from 2001 to 2013. Household material resources were assessed biennially in the Agin

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587313 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature