scholarly journals Social relationships and cognitive decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

2016 ◽  
pp. dyw089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jisca S. Kuiper ◽  
Marij Zuidersma ◽  
Sytse U. Zuidema ◽  
Johannes G. M. Burgerhof ◽  
Ronald P Stolk ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jisca S. Kuiper ◽  
Marij Zuidersma ◽  
Richard C. Oude Voshaar ◽  
Sytse U. Zuidema ◽  
Edwin R. van den Heuvel ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Teague ◽  
George Joseph Youssef ◽  
Jacqui A Macdonald ◽  
Emma Sciberras ◽  
Adrian B. R. Shatte ◽  
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Background: Participant retention strategies that minimise attrition in longitudinal cohort studies have evolved considerably in recent years. This study aimed to assess, via systematic review and meta-analysis, the effectiveness of both traditional strategies and contemporary innovations for retention adopted by longitudinal cohort studies in the past decade.Methods: Health research databases were searched for retention strategies used within longitudinal cohort studies published in the 10-years prior, with 142 eligible longitudinal cohort studies identified (140 articles; sample size range: 30 to 61,895). Details on retention strategies and rates, research designs, and participant demographics were extracted. Meta-analyses of retained proportions were performed to examine the association between cohort retention rate and individual and thematically grouped retention strategies.Results: Results identified 95 retention strategies, broadly classed as either: barrier-reduction, community-building, follow-up/reminder, or tracing strategies. Forty-four of these strategies had not been identified in previous reviews. Meta-regressions indicated that studies using barrier-reduction strategies retained 10% more of their sample (95%CI [0.13 to 1.09]; p=.01); however, studies using follow-up/reminder strategies lost an additional 10% of their sample (95%CI [-1.19 to -0.21]; p<.01). The overall number of strategies employed was not associated with retention.Conclusions: Employing a larger number of retention strategies may not be associated with improved retention in longitudinal cohort studies, contrary to earlier narrative reviews. Results suggest that strategies that aim to reduce participant burden (e.g., flexibility in data collection methods) might be most effective in maximising cohort retention.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobien Niebuur ◽  
Lidy van Lente ◽  
Aart C. Liefbroer ◽  
Nardi Steverink ◽  
Nynke Smidt

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donncha Sean Mullin ◽  
Alastair Cockburn ◽  
Miles Welstead ◽  
Tom C Russ ◽  
Michelle Luciano ◽  
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We aimed to refine the hypothesis that Motoric Cognitive Risk (MCR), a syndrome combining measured slow gait speed and self-reported cognitive complaints, is prognostic of incident dementia and other major causes of morbidity in older age. We propose mechanisms on the relationship between motor and cognitive function and describe a roadmap to validate these hypotheses. We systematically searched major electronic databases from inception to August 2021 for original longitudinal cohort studies of adults aged ≥60 years that compared an MCR group to a non-MCR group with any health outcome. Fifteen cohorts were combined by meta-analysis. Participants with MCR were at an increased risk of cognitive impairment (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.76, 95%CI 1.49-2.08; I2=24.9%), dementia (aHR 2.12, 1.85-2.42; 33.1%), falls (adjusted Relative Risk 1.38, 1.15-1.66; 62.1%), and mortality (aHR 1.49, 1.16-1.91; 79.2%). The prognostic value of MCR is considerable and mechanisms underlying the syndrome are proposed. Keywords: Motoric cognitive risk, gait, dementia, review, meta-analysis, mechanism, pathophysiology, falls, mortality, subjective cognitive complaint, prognostic, prevention Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42020225183.


Author(s):  
Michael T. McKay ◽  
Mary Cannon ◽  
Derek Chambers ◽  
Ronan Conroy ◽  
Helen Coughlan ◽  
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