The effect of social relationships on cognitive decline in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

• Main Authors: Matteo Piolatto (Author), Federico Bianchi (Author), Matteo Rota (Author), Alessandra Marengoni (Author), Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Author), Flaminio Squazzoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A previous meta-analysis (Kuiper et al., 2016) has shown that multiple aspects of social relationships are associated with cognitive decline in older adults. Yet, results indicated possible bias in estimations of statistical effects due to the heterogeneity of study design and me...