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Complexity of work and risk of Alzheimer's disease
— a population-based study of Swedish twins | | Author(s) | Ross Andel, Michael Crowe, Nancy L Pedersen |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 60B, no 5, September 2005 |
| Pages | pp P251-P258 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Work capacity ; Cognitive processes ; Dementia ; At risk ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The association between risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) and occupation was examined using measures of complexity of work with data, people and things. The study included 10079 members of the population-based Swedish Twin Registry who were participants in the HARMONY study. Dementia was diagnosed by means of a two-stage procedure: cognitive impairment screening followed by full clinical evaluation. Data was analysed with case control and co-twin control designs. The co-twin control design provides control over genetic and familial factors. In the case control study, controlling for age, gender and level of education, it was found that more complex work with people with was associated with reduced risk of AD. Greater complexity of work with people and data was protective in twin pairs discordant for AD. Thus, greater complexity of work - particularly complex work with people - may reduce the risk of AD. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070904216 A |
| Classmark | BIL: DA: EA: CA3: 4C: 3J: 76P |
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