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| Church attendance mediates the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning among older Mexican Americans | | Author(s) | Carlos A Reyes-Ortiz, Ivonne M Berges, Mukaila A Raji |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 63A, no 5, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 480-486 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Worship ; Participation ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Cognitive processes ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Church attendance appears to moderate the impact of clinically relevant depressive symptoms on subsequent cognitive function. Data are from the Hispanic EPESE (Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly), a population-based study of 3050 older Mexican Americans. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at baseline, and follow-ups at 2.5, 7 and 11 years. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Infrequent church attendees (never or less than once a month) had a greater decline in MMSE scores (drop of 0.151 more each year) compared to frequent attendees; participants having scores CES-D of 16 or more also had greater declines in MMSE scores (drop of 0.131 more each year), compared to participants with CES-D score < 16 at follow-up. In fully adjusted models, a significant church attendance x CES-D x Time interaction indicated that, among participants with CES-D scores of 16 or more, infrequent church attendees had greater decline in MMSE scores (drop of 0.236 points more each year) compared to frequent attendees at follow-up. Church attendance appears to be beneficial for maintaining older people's cognitive function. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080729211 A |
| Classmark | TK: 7TY: OWL: TMB: ENR: CT: DA: 3J: 7T |
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