Psychological distress links perceived neighborhood characteristics to longitudinal trajectories of cognitive health in older adulthood

Sharifian, Neika; Spivey, Briana N.; Zaheed, Afsara B; Zahodne, Laura B.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113125

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“…Six studies aggregated study participant responses to define area-level social activity participation [ 80 ] and social support/cohesion [ 50 , 68 , 123 , 124 , 143 ]. Five studies used perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion (e.g., trust; friendliness with neighbors) [ 50 , 126 , 133 , 134 , 141 ]. Twenty-nine studies (78%) found neighborhood environments that were safer, had higher levels of trust and/or higher socioeconomic status were associated with better cognition or lower dementia risk.…”

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Operationalizing Social Environments in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: A Scoping Review

George

Tran

Malladi

et al. 2021

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Background: Social environments are a contributing determinant of health and disparities. This scoping review details how social environments have been operationalized in observational studies of cognitive aging and dementia. Methods: A systematic search in PubMed and Web of Science identified studies of social environment exposures and late-life cognition/dementia outcomes. Data were extracted on (1) study design; (2) population; (3) social environment(s); (4) cognitive outcome(s); (5) analytic approach; and (6) theorized causal pathways. Studies were organized using a 3-tiered social ecological model at interpersonal, community, or policy levels. Results: Of 7802 non-duplicated articles, 123 studies met inclusion criteria. Eighty-four studies were longitudinal (range 1–28 years) and 16 examined time-varying social environments. When sorted into social ecological levels, 91 studies examined the interpersonal level; 37 examined the community/neighborhood level; 3 examined policy level social environments; and 7 studies examined more than one level. Conclusions: Most studies of social environments and cognitive aging and dementia examined interpersonal factors measured at a single point in time. Few assessed time-varying social environmental factors or considered multiple social ecological levels. Future studies can help clarify opportunities for intervention by delineating if, when, and how social environments shape late-life cognitive aging and dementia outcomes.

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Operationalizing Social Environments in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: A Scoping Review

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Tran

Malladi

et al. 2021

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“…This is the rst time that this association has been explored in Spain, but similar results have been observed in other countries using slightly different procedures. Thus, in a longitudinal study with 13,919 individuals from the Health and Retirement Study in the US, older people who lived in neighborhoods with worse perceived characteristics, such as the presence of gra ti, garbage, abandoned houses and crime, experienced greater feelings of anxiety and/or more depressive symptoms [20]. Also a study in three municipalities of Flanders (Belgium) found that several de cits in the residential environment, such as lack of essential services, heavy tra c, and mobility and safety problems, were associated with a worse score on the psychological frailty subscale of the Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument Plus [11].…”

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Association Between Neighborhood Physical Characteristics and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Spain

Arias‐Fernández

Carcedo-Argüelles

Martín-Payo

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To assess the impact of neighborhood physical environment on mental health among a representative sample of Spanish noninstitutionalized older adults. MethodsPopulation-based cross-sectional study using data from the Spanish National Health Survey 2017, with 5,071 people ≥65 years. An indicator of the physical characteristics of the neighborhood was developed using nine items addressing the degree of disruption due to physical problems in the housing environment. Mental health status was assessed with the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire.Adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% con dence intervals (CI) for the association between physical characteristics of the neighborhood and mental-health status were calculated using logistic regressions, with adjustment for main confounders, including sociodemographic, lifestyle and morbidity variables. ResultsIn total, 22.6% of people aged ≥65 years in Spain reported poor mental health. Poor mental health was associated with living in a neighborhood with some (

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“…Based on previously published studies ( 7 , 36 , 37 ), the confounding variables in our study included sex (male or female), age (years), marital status (married or unmarried), and reading ability (illiterate and literate). In the regression model, we controlled for these confounding variables.…”

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The Impact of Early Neighborhood Cohesion, and Its Mechanism, on Cognitive Function in Later Life

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to explore the impact of early neighborhood cohesion, and its mechanism, on cognitive function in later life.MethodsIn total, 10,727 Chinese elderly, aged 60–90, forming two datasets (2014 and 2018) from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) were used as a sample. Childhood neighborhood cohesion was measured by the extent of how much neighbors were willing to help and how close-knit neighbors were. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10) were used to assess the cognitive functions and depression of the elderly. We used a structural equation model to examine the relationship between early neighborhood cohesion and late-life cognitive function and conducted bootstrapping analyses to assess the mechanism.ResultsCognitive function was positively predicted by childhood neighborhood cohesion (β = 0.06, p < 0.001), and cognitive function of the elderly were also positively predicted through the mediating effects of childhood friendships, which included depression and social activity participation as two chain paths.ConclusionThe findings suggest that childhood neighborhood cohesion positively predicts cognitive function among elderly people through the mediating roles of childhood friendship, depression, and social activity engagement. Childhood neighborhood cohesion is correlated with better childhood friendships, then to fewer depression symptoms and greater elderly social activity participation, and finally to better cognitive functions in the elderly.

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Psychological distress links perceived neighborhood characteristics to longitudinal trajectories of cognitive health in older adulthood

Cited by 23 publications

References 62 publications

Operationalizing Social Environments in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: A Scoping Review

Operationalizing Social Environments in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Research: A Scoping Review

Association Between Neighborhood Physical Characteristics and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Spain

The Impact of Early Neighborhood Cohesion, and Its Mechanism, on Cognitive Function in Later Life

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