| Title: |
High education accelerates cognitive decline in dementia: A brief report from the population-based NEDICES cohort |
| Authors: |
Contador, Israel, Bermejo-Pareja, Félix, Pablos, D. Lora, Villarejo, Alberto, Benito-León, Julián |
| Source: |
Dementia & Neuropsychologia. September 2017 11(3) |
| Publisher Information: |
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento, 2017. |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Subject Terms: |
dementia, education, cognitive decline, population-based |
| More Details: |
High education has been associated with faster cognitive decline after diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is unclear whether these findings extend to other dementia subtypes. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether educational attainment influences the cognitive trajectories of older adults with different dementia subtypes. METHODS: All participants were selected from NEDICES, a prospective population-based cohort study of Spanish older adults. A total sample of 53 individuals with dementia completed the MMSE-37 at Times 1 and 2 (mean follow-up=2.8±0.5 years) to assess cognitive decline. RESULTS: At follow-up, MMSE-37 scores had decreased by 3.34±4.98 points in low-educated individuals with dementia versus 7.90±4.88 points in high-educated subjects (effect size (r)=0.32, p=0.02). CONCLUSION: Educational level influenced the cognitive trajectories of patients with dementia assessed by the MMSE-37. |
| Document Type: |
other |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1980-5764 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-030012 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642017000300297 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S1980.57642017000300297 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
