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P4‐468: TEST OF THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL RISK IN LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS OF LONELINESS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING
Author(s) -
Beam Christopher R.,
Kim Alice J.
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.06.4140
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive decline , developmental psychology , cognitive skill , recall , health and retirement study , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , gerontology , dementia , medicine , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , pathology , disease
views were regarding living arrangements (42% and 52% of participants had positive views about people with dementia living outside nursing homes and in the community, respectively). Only 19% of participants knew about advanced care planning however the majority (>68%) had positive views on planning and making their healthcare decisions. Higher educational attainment ( university degrees) and higher income were associated with 4.5-point (95%1⁄4-0.08, 9.03) and 2.4-point (95% CI1⁄40.43, 4.32) higher knowledge scores in linear regression models; results remain comparable in adjusted models. Other factors were not associated with dementia knowledge; socioeconomic and other factors were not related to attitudes towards dementia or advanced care planning. Conclusions: Results from this Lebanese sample show a deficit in knowledge on caregiving, risk factors, and advanced care planning and in attitudes towards living in the community with people with dementia. These findings call for educational and awareness efforts that prioritize these topics and lower socioeconomic groups to improve dementia prevention, detection, and care.