Cognitive decline among older adults with heart diseases before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the impact induced by the COVID-19 pandemic on the cognitive function of older adults with heart diseases. This study aimed to examine whether older adults with heart diseases suffered larger cognitive deterioration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study leveraged longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative U.S. aging cohort with objective cognitive assessments measured before and during the pandemic. The interval from HRS waves 13 to 14 (April 2016 to June 2019) was defined as the pre-pandemic period to control the pre-existed cognitive difference between participants with and without heart diseases, and the interval from waves 14 to 15 (June 2019 to June 2021) was defined as the pandem

SUBMITTER: Hua R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908755 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature