TY - JOUR
T1 - The modifying effect of positive emotion on the relationship between cognitive impairment and disability among older Mexican Americans
T2 - a cohort study
AU - Jarvis, Jessica M.
AU - Downer, Brian
AU - Baillargeon, Jacques
AU - Khetani, Mary
AU - Ottenbacher, Kenneth
AU - Graham, James
N1 - Funding Information:
This Research was supported in parts by parts by the National Institutes of Health (R01-AG010939, R01-MD010355, P2C-HD065702) and the Jeane B. Kempner Predoctoral Fellowship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/6/19
Y1 - 2019/6/19
N2 - Objective: To determine if positive emotion modifies the relationship between cognitive impairment and activities of daily living disability status over 10 years in Mexican American adults aged 75 years and older. Methods: A retrospective cohort design using data from the Hispanic established populations for the epidemiologic studies of the elderly. About 2674 participants aged 75 years and older were included and followed over 10 years. Cognition was measured using the mini-mental state examination, positive emotion was measured using four questions from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and disability was measured using seven activities of daily living items. A series of generalized estimating equations models were used, with the initial analysis including those with disability at baseline and subsequent analyses excluding disability at baseline. Results: Positive emotion and cognitive impairment consistently decreased and increased risk for activities of daily living disability, respectively. Positive emotion was a significant modifier in the cross-sectional analysis, and was not a statistically significant modifier in the longitudinal or predictive series analysis. Conclusions: Positive emotion and cognitive impairment differentially affect the risk of developing activities of daily living disability. Further research is needed to explore the interaction of positive emotion and cognitive impairment, and to identify appropriate interventions that address the specific cognitive and emotional needs of older Mexican Americans.Implications for rehabilitation Promoting emotional well-being may be protective against incident disability for older adults. Cognitive impairment significantly predicts incident disability in activities of daily living and should be considered an early indicator of impending disability for older adults.
AB - Objective: To determine if positive emotion modifies the relationship between cognitive impairment and activities of daily living disability status over 10 years in Mexican American adults aged 75 years and older. Methods: A retrospective cohort design using data from the Hispanic established populations for the epidemiologic studies of the elderly. About 2674 participants aged 75 years and older were included and followed over 10 years. Cognition was measured using the mini-mental state examination, positive emotion was measured using four questions from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and disability was measured using seven activities of daily living items. A series of generalized estimating equations models were used, with the initial analysis including those with disability at baseline and subsequent analyses excluding disability at baseline. Results: Positive emotion and cognitive impairment consistently decreased and increased risk for activities of daily living disability, respectively. Positive emotion was a significant modifier in the cross-sectional analysis, and was not a statistically significant modifier in the longitudinal or predictive series analysis. Conclusions: Positive emotion and cognitive impairment differentially affect the risk of developing activities of daily living disability. Further research is needed to explore the interaction of positive emotion and cognitive impairment, and to identify appropriate interventions that address the specific cognitive and emotional needs of older Mexican Americans.Implications for rehabilitation Promoting emotional well-being may be protective against incident disability for older adults. Cognitive impairment significantly predicts incident disability in activities of daily living and should be considered an early indicator of impending disability for older adults.
KW - Hispanic
KW - Positive emotion
KW - activities of daily living
KW - cognition
KW - older adults
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U2 - 10.1080/09638288.2018.1432080
DO - 10.1080/09638288.2018.1432080
M3 - Article
C2 - 29378460
AN - SCOPUS:85041225181
VL - 41
SP - 1491
EP - 1498
JO - International Rehabilitation Medicine
JF - International Rehabilitation Medicine
SN - 0963-8288
IS - 13
ER -