Lisa L. Barnes|Tené T. Lewis|Christopher T. Begeny|Lei Yu|David A. Bennett|Robert S. Wilson
Perceived Discrimination and Cognition in Older African Americans
Rush University Medical Center|Yale University|Rush University Medical Center|Rush University Medical Center|Rush University Medical Center|Rush University Medical Center
existing evidence suggests psychosocial stress associated cognitive impairment older adults perceived discrimination persistent stressor african americans associated several adverse mental physical health outcomes knowledge association discrimination cognition older african americans examined cohort 407 older african americans without dementia mean age 729 sd 64 found higher level perceived discrimination related poorer cognitive test performance particularly episodic memory estimate 003 se 013 p 05 perceptual speed tests estimate 004 se 015 p 05 associations unchanged adjusting demographics vascular risk factors attenuated adjustment depressive symptoms episodic memory estimate 002 se 001 perceptual speed estimate 003 se 002 ps 06 association discrimination several cognitive domains modified level neuroticism results suggest perceived discrimination may associated poorer cognitive function appear independent depressive symptoms jins 2012 18 110