VELKOMESTO A VÝKONY V NEUROPSYCHOLOGICKÝCH TESTECH U STARSÍCH OSOB/Urban residence and neuropsychological performance in older persons

VELKOMESTO A VÝKONY V NEUROPSYCHOLOGICKÝCH TESTECH U STARSÍCH OSOB/Urban residence and neuropsychological performance in older persons

Goals: Cognitive performance in older persons is often related to age and education. The goal of the study was to find whether living in Prague (the only city with over 1 million inhabitants and the most densely populated city in the Czech Republic), may be related to performance in neuropsychologic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Československá psychologie 2016-11, Vol.60 (6), p.637
Hauptverfasser: Horáková, Karolína, Vidovicová, Lucie, Stepánková, Hana
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Sprache:cze
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Cognitive psychology
Geriatric psychology
Lifestyles
Neuropsychology
Older people
Psychological tests
Quantitative psychology
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Zusammenfassung:Goals: Cognitive performance in older persons is often related to age and education. The goal of the study was to find whether living in Prague (the only city with over 1 million inhabitants and the most densely populated city in the Czech Republic), may be related to performance in neuropsychological tests in older persons. Sample: The sample was obtained from the National Normative Study of Cognitive Determinants of Healthy Aging. It included 84 persons living in Prague and 84 pair-matched persons living in other regions than Prague or Central Bohemia. The groups were matched for age, gender, and education (age 60-92 years, 39% men, 34,5% lower education). Analysis and results. Wilcoxon-White test and effect size were used to analyze the data. Statistically significant differences (p
ISSN:0009-062X
1804-6436