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Association of Higher Cortical Amyloid Burden With Loneliness in Cognitively Normal Older Adults

Association of Higher Cortical Amyloid Burden With Loneliness in Cognitively Normal Older Adults Key PointsQuestionIs higher cortical amyloid burden, a marker of preclinical Alzheimer disease, associated with greater self-reported loneliness in older adults with normal cognition? FindingsIn a cross-sectional study of 79 community-dwelling older adults, higher brain amyloid burden was associated with more frequent feelings of isolation, being left out, and lacking companionship, independent of sociodemographic factors, objective measures of social network, depressive and anxiety symptoms. MeaningLoneliness, characterized by subtle feelings of social detachment, may be associated with early brain changes in preclinical Alzheimer disease, prior to mild cognitive impairment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Psychiatry American Medical Association

Association of Higher Cortical Amyloid Burden With Loneliness in Cognitively Normal Older Adults

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
2168-622X
eISSN
2168-6238
DOI
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.2657
pmid
27806159
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Abstract

Key PointsQuestionIs higher cortical amyloid burden, a marker of preclinical Alzheimer disease, associated with greater self-reported loneliness in older adults with normal cognition? FindingsIn a cross-sectional study of 79 community-dwelling older adults, higher brain amyloid burden was associated with more frequent feelings of isolation, being left out, and lacking companionship, independent of sociodemographic factors, objective measures of social network, depressive and anxiety symptoms. MeaningLoneliness, characterized by subtle feelings of social detachment, may be associated with early brain changes in preclinical Alzheimer disease, prior to mild cognitive impairment.

Journal

JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Dec 2, 2016

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