PMID- 36767249
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230214
LR  - 20240421
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
DP  - 2023 Jan 19
TI  - The Associations of Loneliness and Social Support with Cognitive Impairment among 
      Middle-Aged and Older Individuals with Diabetes.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph20031885 [doi]
LID - 1885
AB  - Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with significant morbidity and mortality 
      and it is associated with poor cognitive performance in later life. This study 
      seeks to determine the relationship between social support and cognitive function 
      among participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We used data from the 
      Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, 
      including participants with T2DM aged 45 and older (n = 4821). We examined 
      different aspects of perceived social support, measured as structural social 
      support (e.g., marital status), functional social support (having a caregiver in 
      case of sickness or disability), and loneliness. We examined cognitive 
      functioning using a six-item screener. Our results indicate that adults who felt 
      lonely for 5-7 days per week had almost double the odds of cognitive impairment 
      compared to those who didn't feel lonely. These results suggest that among 
      middle-aged and older individuals with T2DM, interventions targeting lonely 
      adults and which aim to reduce loneliness may combat some of the risks of 
      cognitive decline.
FAU - Cohn-Schwartz, Ella
AU  - Cohn-Schwartz E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9623-1820
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Community Health Sciences, Faculty 
      of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.
FAU - Joshi, Rennie
AU  - Joshi R
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School 
      of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
FAU - McClure, Leslie A
AU  - McClure LA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2465-6739
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School 
      of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - U01 NS041588/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20230119
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - Aged
MH  - Loneliness/psychology
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
MH  - *Cognitive Dysfunction/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Social Support
MH  - Cognition
PMC - PMC9914689
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aging
OT  - cognition
OT  - diabetes
OT  - family
OT  - friends
OT  - living arrangements
OT  - loneliness
OT  - support
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/02/12 06:00
MHDA- 2023/02/15 06:00
PMCR- 2023/01/19
CRDT- 2023/02/11 01:12
PHST- 2022/12/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/01/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/01/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/02/11 01:12 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/02/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2023/01/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph20031885 [pii]
AID - ijerph-20-01885 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph20031885 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 19;20(3):1885. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph20031885.