The mediational role of physical activity, social contact and stroke on the association between age, education, employment and dementia in an Asian older adult population

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 98
• Main Authors: Abdin, Edimansyah, Chong, Siow Ann, Peh, Chao Xu, Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit, Chua, Boon Yiang, Verma, Swapna, Jeyagurunathan, Anitha, Shafie, Saleha, Subramaniam, Mythily
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 20.03.2017
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aggression; Aging; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer Disease - ethnology; Alzheimer Disease - psychology; Alzheimer's disease; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Atrophy; Body mass; Body mass index; Brain research; Cardiovascular diseases; Cognitive ability; Data processing; Dementia; Dementia disorders; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Education; Educational Status; Employment; Ethics; Ethnicity; Exercise; Female; Health risk assessment; Health Surveys; Humans; Hypertension; Interpersonal Relations; Lifestyles; Loneliness; Longevity; Male; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Neurodegenerative diseases; Older people; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Physical training; Population; Population studies; Psychiatry; Public health; Risk Factors; Singapore; Social interactions; Social organization; Sociodemographics; Statistics as Topic; Stroke; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - epidemiology; Stroke - psychology; Transient ischemic attack; Singapore; Moderator; Population-based; Stroke; Exercise; Social contact; Elderly; Mediation; Dementia

Our study aimed to investigate the pathways by which socio-demographic factors, modifiable health and lifestyle risk factors influence each other, and subsequently, lead to dementia. We used data from the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly study, a nationally representative survey of the older adul...