Components of an indirect cognitive reserve: a longitudinal assessment of community-dwelling older adults.
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
; 28(6): 907-920, 2021 11.
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Cognitive reserve enables individuals to preserve their cognition, despite a possible underlying brain pathology. The objective was to verify which components contribute to an indirect measurement of cognitive reserve in older adults, assessed longitudinally within a four-year interval. The sample was comprised of 64 older adults from the community. The following instruments were used: sociodemographic form; Mini-Mental State Examination; subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition; Trail Making Test; Verbal Fluency Test (animal category); Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test; Beck Anxiety Inventory; and the Geriatric Depression Scale 15-item version. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed for the data analysis. The sample was predominantly composed of women (81.3%) and the mean age of the sample was 73.19 years (SD = 6.12). With respect to the variables related to cognitive reserve, it was found that anxiety was the predictor variable of more cognitive components: It was found that poorer cognitive performance is associated with anxiety, and this variable is negatively related to cognitive reserve, as well as to the age variable. Engaging in cognitively stimulating activities, education level and living with someone were deemed to be factors that help build cognitive reserve in older adults. Keywords: cognitive reserve; older adults; longitudinal.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reserva Cognitiva
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Disfunção Cognitiva
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos