Association Between Psychological Distress and Incident Dementia in a Population-Based Cohort in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Symptoms of psychological distress have shown association with subsequent dementia, but the nature of association remains unclear.

Objective

To examine the association of psychological distress with etiological risk of dementia and incidence of dementia in presence of competing risk of death.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study consisted of population-based cross-sectional National FINRISK Study surveys collected in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007 in Finland with register-based follow-up; and the cohort was linked to Finnish Health Register data for dementia and mortality for each participant until December 31, 2017. Participants included individuals without dementia who had complete exposure data. Data were analyzed from

SUBMITTER: Sulkava S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature