Fancourt, D;
Steptoe, A;
Cadar, D;
(2018)
Cultural engagement and cognitive reserve: museum attendance and dementia incidence over a 10-year period.
The British Journal of Psychiatry
, 213
(5)
pp. 661-663.
10.1192/bjp.2018.129.
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Abstract
Summary: Theories of cognitive reserve, disuse syndrome and stress have suggested that activities that are mentally engaging, enjoyable and socially interactive could be protective against the development of dementia. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this study shows that for adults aged 50 and older visiting museums every few months or more was associated with a lower incidence rate of dementia over a 10-year follow-up period compared with less-frequent visiting. This association was independent of demographics, socioeconomic status, health-related variables including sensory impairment, depression, vascular conditions and other forms of community engagement. Visiting museums may be a promising psychosocial activity to support the prevention of dementia.Declaration of interest: None.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cultural engagement and cognitive reserve: museum attendance and dementia incidence over a 10-year period |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.2018.129 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.129 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Dementia, cognitive reserve, cultural engagement, museums, social engagement |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057399 |
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