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Interaction effects of education and health status on cognitive change
— a 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study | | Author(s) | Willemien A Meijer, Martin P J van Boxtel, Pascal W M Van Gerven |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 13, no 4, July 2009 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 521-529 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Educational status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental ageing ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The interaction between education and health status (i.e. physical, social and psychological functioning) was tested with respect to baseline cognitive performance and change over 6 years. This study used data from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS) of 1544 men and women aged 24-47 and 49-77. Education by health interactions was restricted to the younger group. The components of health status that most consistently interacted with education were physical functioning on cognitive performance at baseline, and physical and psychological functioning on cognitive change. These results indicate that high education attenuates age-related decline and lower baseline performance measured by low health status in people age under 30. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090903213 A |
| Classmark | F:V: CC: DB: D6: 49: 3J: 76H |
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