Open AccessTesting the Cognitive Reserve Index Questionnaire in an Alzheimer’s Disease Population
Author(s) -
Asabe E Garba,
George T. Grossberg,
Kimberly R. Enard,
Fabian J Jano,
Emma N Roberts,
Charlotte A Marx,
Paula Buchanan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2542-4823
DOI - 10.3233/adr-200244
Subject(s) - pearson product moment correlation coefficient , reliability (semiconductor) , cognitive reserve , cognition , correlation , disease , validity , medicine , clinical psychology , alzheimer's disease , population , gerontology , correlation coefficient , psychology , cognitive impairment , statistics , psychiatry , psychometrics , mathematics , environmental health , power (physics) , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and has no cure or progression prevention. The Cognitive Reserve (CR) theory poses that constant brain activity earlier in life later helps to deter pathological changes in the brain, delaying the onset of disease symptoms.