Cognitive reserve and cognitive function in healthy older people: a meta-analysis
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 3 - Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
- Output identifier
- 1665
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/13825585.2015.1041450
- Title of journal
- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 40
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1744-4128
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/618866/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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G - Mental Health
- Citation count
- 125
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This is the first meta-analytic study to examine the relationship between the three most commonly used proxy measures of Cognitive Reserve (CR) – educational level, occupational status, and engagement in cognitively stimulating leisure activities – and measures which combine these proxy measures with different domains of cognitive function in later life in a healthy population. The study found that there were moderate associations between measures which combined the proxy measures of CR and education and cognitive function and small associations between engagement in cognitively stimulating leisure activities and occupational status and cognition. The paper concluded that a standardised index of CR which encompasses multiple proxy measures is required to more comprehensively investigate the relationship between this concept and cognitive function in healthy and clinical populations. This meta-analysis adds to the literature by considering multiple proxy measures of CR and examining their association with cognitive function in different domains. The paper has been included in policy briefings e.g. a Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) note on 'New Drugs for Dementia' (August 2016).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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