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Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter?
This study identified differential patterns of later-life cognitive function trajectories and examined to what extent life course factors and social engagement are associated with group trajectories. Data came from seven waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS 1998–2010; n = 7374; Observations...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28387725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040393 |
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author | Park, Sojung Kwon, Eunsun Lee, Hyunjoo |
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description | This study identified differential patterns of later-life cognitive function trajectories and examined to what extent life course factors and social engagement are associated with group trajectories. Data came from seven waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS 1998–2010; n = 7374; Observations = 41,051). Latent class growth analysis identified cognitive function trajectory groups, and multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the factors associated with group trajectories. Five heterogeneous trajectories were identified: stable high, stable moderate, stable low, high-to-moderate, and moderate-to-low. Findings suggest that, after adjusting for life course factors, individuals who became volunteers were more likely to belong to one of the two least vulnerable trajectories, stable high or high-to-moderate. Our findings suggest that, despite the cumulative life course factors evident in cognitive decline, social engagement in old age may serve as a potential protective resource. |
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spelling | pubmed-54095942017-05-03 Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? Park, Sojung Kwon, Eunsun Lee, Hyunjoo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study identified differential patterns of later-life cognitive function trajectories and examined to what extent life course factors and social engagement are associated with group trajectories. Data came from seven waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS 1998–2010; n = 7374; Observations = 41,051). Latent class growth analysis identified cognitive function trajectory groups, and multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the factors associated with group trajectories. Five heterogeneous trajectories were identified: stable high, stable moderate, stable low, high-to-moderate, and moderate-to-low. Findings suggest that, after adjusting for life course factors, individuals who became volunteers were more likely to belong to one of the two least vulnerable trajectories, stable high or high-to-moderate. Our findings suggest that, despite the cumulative life course factors evident in cognitive decline, social engagement in old age may serve as a potential protective resource. MDPI 2017-04-07 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5409594/ /pubmed/28387725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040393 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Park, Sojung Kwon, Eunsun Lee, Hyunjoo Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title | Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title_full | Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title_fullStr | Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title_full_unstemmed | Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title_short | Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? |
title_sort | life course trajectories of later-life cognitive functions: does social engagement in old age matter? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28387725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040393 |
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