Open AccessFinancial and health literacy discrepancies with cognition in older adults.
Author(s) -
Gali H. Weissberger,
Shuang Han,
Lei Yu,
Lisa L. Barnes,
David A. Bennett,
Patricia A. Boyle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1931-1559
pISSN - 0894-4105
DOI - 10.1037/neu0000565
Subject(s) - odds , odds ratio , cognition , psychology , psychosocial , dementia , logistic regression , health literacy , demography , health and retirement study , literacy , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , health care , pedagogy , disease , sociology , economics , economic growth
Greater financial and health literacy are associated with better cognition; however, research suggests that some individuals exhibit differences, or discrepancies, in these abilities in old age. We investigated discrepancies between literacy and cognition and factors associated with such discrepancies in older adults without dementia.