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| Religion and cognitive dysfunction in an elderly cohort |
| Author(s) | Peter H Van Ness, Stanislav V Kasl |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp S21-S29 |
| Keywords | Church services ; Participation ; Mental health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A hypothesis proposing that attendance at religious services is predictive of lower levels of cognitive dysfunction was examined in a racially and religiously diverse population of 2,812 older men and women living in the community from the New Haven site of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies in the Elderly (EPESE). Results show an inverse association between church attendance in 1982 and cognitive dysfunction in 1985. Religious attendance as measured in 1982 no longer contributes to the prediction of cognitive dysfunction in 1985. The short-term nature of the effect is partially explained by differential mortality. Those who attended religious services infrequently and with high levels of cognitive dysfunction in 1982 were more likely to die in the period 1985-1988. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030212206 A |
| Classmark | OWM: TMB: D: E: 49: 3J: 7T |
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