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P3‐576: DIFFERENCES IN URBAN‐RURAL PLACE OF BIRTH AND RESIDENCE AT OLDER AGE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN LEBANESE OLDER ADULTS
Author(s) -
Elbejjani Martine,
Assaad Sarah,
Chaaya Monique
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1942
Subject(s) - residence , gerontology , dementia , demography , cohort , cognition , medicine , cognitive skill , rural area , cognitive decline , cohort study , psychology , psychiatry , sociology , disease , pathology
generally high (M score1⁄40.85, SD1⁄40.21), with 44.9% achieving a perfect score. Mean MAC-Q score was 20.15 (SD1⁄43.40) when comparing memory to function in their twenties and 17.96 (SD1⁄42.93) when comparing with others the same age. Both MAC-Q scores were significantly correlated with ADRI total risk (comparing with twenties rS(1154)1⁄40.10, p1⁄40.001; comparing with others rS(1154)1⁄40.11, p<0.001), while only the score for comparing with others the same age was correlated with lifestyle risk (rS(1154)1⁄40.16, p<0.001). Memory task scores were significantly correlated with total risk (rS(1154)1⁄40.11, p<0.001) and lifestyle risk (rS(1154)1⁄4-0.08, p1⁄40.01), but not with MAC-Q scores. Conclusions:This study found no association between subjective and objective memory. However, greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, based on risk factor exposure, was associated with both poorer memory performance and higher subjective memory complaints. Further elucidating relationships between modifiable lifestyle risk factors and memory could have implications for community-based dementia prevention interventions.