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Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics.

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Marquine, MJ; Segawa, E; Wilson, RS; Bennett, DA; Barnes, LL
Published in: J Int Neuropsychol Soc
November 2012

There is limited research on the association between participation in cognitively stimulating activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics. The main purpose of the present study was to explore whether frequency of cognitive activity and its association with cognitive function in Hispanics is comparable to that of non-Hispanics. In a multiethnic cohort of 1571 non-demented older adults, we assessed past and current cognitive activity, availability of cognitive resources in the home in childhood and middle age, and five domains of cognitive function. The measures of cognitive activity and cognitive resources had adequate reliability and validity in our subset of Hispanic participants (n = 81). Hispanics reported lower levels of education, lower frequency of cognitive activity and less cognitive resources than non-Hispanic White (n = 1102) and non-Hispanic Black (n = 388) participants. Despite these differences the strength of the association between cognitive activity and cognitive function was comparable across ethnic groups. Because Hispanics have lower frequency of cognitive activity, the benefit of cognitive activity to late life cognitive function may be potentially larger in this segment of the population. Thus, interventions aimed at increasing frequency of participation in cognitively stimulating activity may offer a potential target to reduce cognitive impairment in Hispanics.

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J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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EISSN

1469-7661

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

18

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1041 / 1051

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Geriatric Assessment
 

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Marquine, M. J., Segawa, E., Wilson, R. S., Bennett, D. A., & Barnes, L. L. (2012). Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 18(6), 1041–1051. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135561771200080X
Marquine, María J., Eisuke Segawa, Robert S. Wilson, David A. Bennett, and Lisa L. Barnes. “Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics.J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18, no. 6 (November 2012): 1041–51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135561771200080X.
Marquine MJ, Segawa E, Wilson RS, Bennett DA, Barnes LL. Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 Nov;18(6):1041–51.
Marquine, María J., et al. “Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics.J Int Neuropsychol Soc, vol. 18, no. 6, Nov. 2012, pp. 1041–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/S135561771200080X.
Marquine MJ, Segawa E, Wilson RS, Bennett DA, Barnes LL. Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 Nov;18(6):1041–1051.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

DOI

EISSN

1469-7661

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

18

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1041 / 1051

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Geriatric Assessment