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ArticleJournal of spirituality in mental health2025

Symptoms of Dementia Progression in Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Religious and Spiritual Activity.

Katherine Carroll Britt, Kathy C Richards, Jill Hamilton, Kavita Radhakrishnan

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Article in Journal of spirituality in mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katherine Carroll BrittNewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kathy C RichardsSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Jill HamiltonNell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Kavita RadhakrishnanSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

Funding

Individualized Care for At Risk Older AdultsT32NR009356 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Lauren M Massimo, MARY D NAYLOR · 2007 to 2026
$7.8M
NINR NIH HHS T32 NR009356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This exploratory study explores the role of religious and spiritual (R/S) activity in cognitive impairment. We used data from respondents with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) from the Health and Retirement Study and Aging, Demographics, and Memory sub-study to investigate associations between religious service attendance and behavioral expressions, cognition, and sleep disturbances independently at two different time points using Spearman's Rho partial correlation. Religious service attendance was significantly associated with behavioral expressions, cognition, and sleep disturbances. Older adults with MCI who exhibited heightened levels of R/S activity engagement reported decreased behavioral expressions and better cognition at both time points.

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dementialifestyle factorsreligionspirituality

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PMID40613095
PMCPMC12221268

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