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- Title
Prior Incarceration and Performance on Immediate and Delayed Verbal Recall Tests: Results From National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health—Parent Study.
- Authors
Testa, Alexander; Jackson, Dylan B; Novisky, Meghan; Ganson, Kyle T; Nagata, Jason M; Tsai, Jack
- Abstract
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the cognitive functioning of formerly incarcerated older adults compared to their never-incarcerated counterparts, focusing on immediate and delayed verbal recall. Methods Data are from 2,003 respondents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health—Parent Study (AHPS; ages 47–82, mean age 62). AHPS participants were administered word recall memory exercises to the parent respondent from the Rey Auditory-Verbal administered Learning Test, including (a) 90-s (immediate or short-term verbal memory), (b) 60-s recall tests (delayed or long-term verbal memory), and (c) combined word recall on the 90-s and 60-s tests. Results Adjusting for control variables, respondents who reported prior incarceration had a lower rate of verbal recall on the combined word recall (incidence risk ratio [IRR] = 0.915, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.840, 0.997) and immediate word recall (IRR = 0.902, 95% CI = 0.817, 0.996). When restricting the sample to respondents over age 60, prior incarceration was associated with lower combined word recall (IRR = 0.847, 95% CI = 0.752, 0.954), immediate word recall (IRR = 0.857, 95% CI = 0.762, 0.963), and delayed word recall (IRR = 0.834, 95% CI = 0.713, 0.974). Discussion This study underscores the adverse impact of prior incarceration on cognitive functioning in the older adult population, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions and support for formerly incarcerated older adults. The results reinforce the importance of addressing the long-term consequences of incarceration, especially as individuals enter older adulthood.
- Subjects
ADOLESCENT development; POISSON distribution; HEALTH literacy; COGNITION in old age; IMPRISONMENT; RESEARCH funding; HEALTH facility administration; ADOLESCENT health; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LONGITUDINAL method; LEARNING theories in education; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; DATA analysis software; HEALTH promotion; REGRESSION analysis; WELL-being
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2024, Vol 79, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1079-5014
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geronb/gbae040