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Newest in this topic

  1. Sedentary Behavior and Incident Dementia Among Older Adults 2023-09-01
  2. Cognitive leisure activities and future risk of cognitive impairment and dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis 2016-08-09
  3. Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly 2003-06-01

Studies

4 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2001 to 2023

Top journals

  • International psychogeriatrics 1
  • JAMA 1
  • Neurology 1
  • The New England journal of medicine 1

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Sedentary Behavior and Incident Dementia Among Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA 2023-09-01 Digital health tools

    During this time, 414 individuals were diagnosed with incident all-cause dementia.

  2. Cognitive leisure activities and future risk of cognitive impairment and dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2016-08-09 Prevention and risk

    Nineteen studies met our inclusion criteria and quality assessments.

  3. Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2003-06-01 How common it is

    Participation in leisure activities is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, even after adjustment for base-line cognitive status and after the exclusion of subjects with possible preclinical dementia.

  4. Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2001-12-01 How common it is

    The data suggest that engagement in leisure activities may reduce the risk of incident dementia, possibly by providing a reserve that delays the onset of clinical manifestations of the disease.

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