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- Title
Marital status and living situation during a 5-year period are associated with a subsequent 10-year cognitive decline in older men: the FINE study.
- Authors
van Gelder BM; Tijhuis M; Kalmijn S; Giampaoli S; Nissinen A; Kromhout D
- Abstract
We investigate the association between marital status and living situation (over 5 years) on 10-year subsequent cognitive decline. The study population consisted of 1,042 men aged 70-89 years in 1990, who participated in the longitudinal Finland, Italy, the Netherlands Elderly (known as FINE) Study. We measured cognition by using the Mini-Mental State Examination, and we assessed marital status (married vs unmarried) and living situation (living with others vs living alone) with a standardized questionnaire. We performed repeated measurement analyses and made adjustments for age, education, country, smoking, alcohol, chronic diseases, marital status or living situation, and baseline cognition. Men who lost a partner, who were unmarried, who started to live alone, or who lived alone during the 5-year period had at least a two times stronger subsequent cognitive decline compared with men who were married or who lived with someone in those years.
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2006, Vol 61, Issue 4, pP213
- ISSN
1079-5014
- Publication type
Journal Article