New Environmental Research and Public Health Research Has Been Reported by Researchers at National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Life Satisfaction and the Relationship between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Disability Incidence: An …)

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2021 JUL 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- Current study results on environmental research and public health have been published. According to news reporting from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The relationship between the incidence of disability and cognitive function has been clarified, but whether life satisfaction is related to this relationship is unclear.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology: “Therefore, the purpose of this study was to clarify whether life satisfaction is related to the relationship between the incidence of disability and mild cognitive impairment. We included 2563 older adults from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology-Study of Geriatric Syndromes. Baseline measurements included cognitive, life satisfaction, and demographic characteristics. Life satisfaction was measured using the Life Satisfaction Scale, which was stratified into three levels based on the score: lower, moderate, and higher. Associations between disability incidence and mild cognitive impairment were examined for each group according to life satisfaction, and monthly assessment for disability was monitored through long-term care insurance certification for at least 2 years from the baseline. At a 35.5-month mean follow-up, 150 participants had developed a disability.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The potential confounding factors adjusted hazard for incidence of disability in the group with lower life satisfaction was 1.88 (CI: 1.05-3.35; * * p* * = 0.034) for mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment was associated with disability incidence, and the effect was more pronounced among older adults with lower life satisfaction.”

For more information on this research see: Life Satisfaction and the Relationship between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Disability Incidence: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021,18(6595):6595. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126595.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Osamu Katayama, Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu 474-8511, Japan. Additional authors for this research include Sangyoon Lee, Seongryu Bae, Keitaro Makino, Ippei Chiba, Kenji Harada, Yohei Shinkai, Hiroyuki Shimada.