Education as protector against dementia, but what exactly do we mean by education? | Zendy

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Education as protector against dementia, but what exactly do we mean by education?

Author(s) -

Francisca S. Then,

Tobias Luck,

Matthias C. Angermeyer,

Steffi G. RiedelHeller

Publication year - 2016

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/afw049

Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , categorical variable , cognition , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , psychology , psychiatry , disease , statistics , physics , mathematics , optics

even though a great number of research studies have shown that high education has protective effects against dementia, some studies did not observe such a significant effect. In that respect, the aim of our study was to investigate and compare various operationalisation approaches of education and how they impact dementia risk within one sample.

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