Social Support Buffers Against Cognitive Decline in Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Social Support Buffers Against Cognitive Decline in Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Abstract Objectives We investigated rates of cognitive decline at 3-year follow-up from initial examination in people reporting mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) more than a year prior to initial examination. We examined the role of social support as predictor of pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2021-10, Vol.76 (9), p.1777-1787
Hauptverfasser: Bedard, Marc, Taler, Vanessa
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Sprache:eng
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gerontology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Psychology
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
THE JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: Psychological Sciences
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Objectives We investigated rates of cognitive decline at 3-year follow-up from initial examination in people reporting mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) more than a year prior to initial examination. We examined the role of social support as predictor of preserved cognitive function in this sample. Method Analyses were conducted on 440 participants who had self-reported LOC of
ISSN:1079-5014
1758-5368
DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbaa213