Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study
Author(s) -
YuTzu Wu,
Matthew Prina,
Andy Jones,
Linda Barnes,
Fiona E. Matthews,
Carol Brayne
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv137
Subject(s) - dementia , cognition , quartile , gerontology , medicine , odds ratio , montreal cognitive assessment , odds , logistic regression , cognitive decline , ageing , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , confidence interval , disease , pathology
Few studies have investigated the impact of the community environment, as distinct from area deprivation, on cognition in later life. This study explores cross-sectional associations between cognitive impairment and dementia and environmental features at the community level in older people.
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