Social Isolation and Incident Dementia in the Oldest-Old—A Competing Risk Analysis

Social Isolation and Incident Dementia in the Oldest-Old—A Competing Risk Analysis

PurposeSocial isolation is considered a risk factor for dementia. However, less is known about social isolation and dementia with respect to competing risk of death, particularly in the oldest-old, who are at highest risk for social isolation, dementia and mortality. Therefore, we aimed to examine t...

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Main Authors: Jessica Grothe, Susanne Röhr, Melanie Luppa, Alexander Pabst, Luca Kleineidam, Kathrin Heser, Angela Fuchs, Michael Pentzek, Anke Oey, Birgitt Wiese, Dagmar Lühmann, Hendrik van den Bussche, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Dagmar Weeg, Horst Bickel, Martin Scherer, Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek, Michael Wagner, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
social isolation
incident dementia
oldest-old
epidemiology
competing risk analysis
longitudinal study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.834438/full

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