Browsing Public Health Sciences (School of) by Supervisor "Tyas, Suzanne"
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The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-29)Populations around the world are aging at a rapid pace, presenting new challenges for health services. This is because older adults encounter a different set of challenges than younger age groups, such as an increase in ... -
The Association Between Early-life Written Language Skills and Late-life Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-01)As the population ages, projections suggest that the number of individuals living with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease will increase. Prevention of Alzheimer’s disease is a major priority since there is ... -
The Association Between Emotional Expressivity in Early Adulthood and Healthy Aging in Late Adulthood
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-16)Canada’s population is aging quickly, with growth in the population of older adults now exceeding that of younger adults. This increase emphasizes the need for research on healthy aging to determine potential predictors ... -
The Association Between Multilingualism and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Results from the Baseline Comprehensive Cohort
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)Background: Identifying factors that protect against cognitive impairment is key to healthy aging. Cognitive stimulation through multilingualism may be protective against cognitive impairment, such as low executive function. ... -
The Association Between Social Support Availability and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-20)While an aging population is a good indication of advances being made in health and life expectancy, demographic change presents new concerns for public health. An older population faces different challenges than a younger ... -
The Association of Multilingualism and Written Linguistic Ability with Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Nun Study
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Background: Multilingualism may be associated with enhanced cognitive function and reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to enhanced cognitive reserve. Objectives: To investigate the association of ... -
Building Cognitive Resilience Against Alzheimer’s Disease Through Multilingualism
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Background: Globally, there are 9.9 million new cases of dementia each year, meaning one new case is diagnosed every 3.2 seconds (Prince et al., 2015). The risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increases with increasing age, ... -
EDUCATION AND MORTALITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER NEUROPATHOLOGY: A TEST OF THE COGNITIVE RESERVE HYPOTHESIS
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-17)Background: The cognitive reserve hypothesis describes a hypothetical mechanism to cope with brain damage: individuals with high reserve are thought to tolerate more Alzheimer neuropathology before symptom onset, show ... -
The influence of social vulnerability on cognitive decline and hospitalization among older assisted living residents with and without dementia
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-14)Background: Concerns regarding social vulnerability have been reported among various populations including community-dwelling older adults, long-term care residents, and assisted living (AL) residents. Social vulnerability ... -
Is the Association Between Education and Cognitive Resilience Modified by Brain Weight and Cortical Atrophy?
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-22)Introduction: Some individuals are able to avoid reaching the threshold for clinical dementia despite the presence of Alzheimer neuropathology. This disparity between the neuropathologic and clinical symptoms required for ... -
Longitudinal Patterns of Cognitive State Changes and their Predictors in Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-03)Older adults experience diverse patterns of cognitive state changes, including progression to dementia, that depend on genetic and non-genetic factors. With population aging, the global prevalence of dementia is rising. ... -
The Role of Functional Social Isolation in Mediating the Association Between Baseline Depression and Subsequent Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive Cohort
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Background: Depression is a risk factor for decline in executive function. One mechanism that may link depression to executive function is functional social isolation, which pertains to the qualitative and behavioural ... -
Subjective Health as a Predictor of Physical Function in Older Women
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)Introduction: Globally, populations are ageing, which has increased the urgency of supporting health in older adults. Two key measures used to examine health in older populations are subjective health, a measure of global ...