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Spousal loss and co...
Spousal loss and cognitive function in later life : a 25-year follow-up in the AGES-Reykjavik study
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- Vidarsdottir, Halldora (författare)
- Centre of Public Health Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Fang, Fang (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Chang, Milan (författare)
- Geriatric Research Centre, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Sports Science, School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Aspelund, Thor (författare)
- Centre of Public Health Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland
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- Fall, Katja, 1971- (författare)
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro,
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- Jonsdottir, Maria K. (författare)
- Geriatric Research Centre, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Faculty of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Jonsson, Palmi V. (författare)
- Geriatric Research Centre, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Geriatrics, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Cotch, Mary Frances (författare)
- Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland, USA
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- Harris, Tamara B (författare)
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland, USA
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- Launer, Lenore J (författare)
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland, USA
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- Gudnason, Vilmundur (författare)
- Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Valdimarsdottir, Unnur (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2014-01-19
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: American Journal of Epidemiology. - Cary, USA : Oxford University Press. - 0002-9262 .- 1476-6256. ; 179:6, s. 674-83
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Abstract
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- The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between loss of a life partner and the development of dementia and decline in cognitive function in later life. We used an Icelandic cohort of 4,370 participants in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study who were living as married in 1978 (born in 1907-1935) and were either still married (unexposed cohort) or widowed (exposed cohort) at follow-up (in 2002-2006). We ascertained history of marital status and spouse's death by record linkage to the Registry of the Total Population, Statistics Iceland. The outcome measures were as follows: 1) dementia and mild cognitive impairment; and 2) memory, speed of processing, and executive function. During the observation period, 3,007 individuals remained married and 1,363 lost a spouse through death. We did not find any significant associations between loss of a spouse and our outcome variables, except that widowed women had poorer executive function (mean = -0.08) during the first 2 years after their husbands' deaths compared with still-married women (mean = 0.09). Our findings do not support the notion that the risk of dementia is increased following the loss of a spouse, yet women demonstrate a seemingly temporary decline in executive function following the death of a partner.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Geriatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Geriatrics (hsv//eng)
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- Dementia
- executive function
- marital status
- memory
- psychological stress
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