Leisure activity and risk of cognitive impairment: the Chongqing aging study

Neurology. 2006 Mar 28;66(6):911-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000192165.99963.2a. Epub 2005 Nov 16.

Abstract

The authors followed 5,437 people aged 55 years and older with normal baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score annually for 5 years. The mean incidence of cognitive impairment was 2.3% per year. Cognitive activities in both the individual item (playing board games and reading) and the composite measure were associated with the reduced risk of cognitive impairment, while watching television was associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aging / psychology*
  • Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
  • China / epidemiology
  • Cognition Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Cognition Disorders / prevention & control
  • Cognition Disorders / psychology*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Leisure Activities / psychology*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Television