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Social support availability

Social support availability has been studied in 3 papers since 2019: 3 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Aug 17, 2022: “Urban-rural variation in the association between social support availability and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Results from the baseline Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging”.

Exposure

3 papers study it3 findingsUpdated

“The regression coefficients for SSA were similar across the unweighted and weighted regression models”
Unweighted versus weighted regression methods may be sufficient to analyze complex survey data in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on AgingmedRxiv2022doi:10.1101/2022.08.31.22279464

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

  • 3 independent labs in 3 countries
  • 1 finding against
  • Funders: Canadian Institutes of Health Research and 1 more
  • Humans3

What is Social support availability linked with?

2

Studies link Social support availability with 2 measures, most often cognitive function (2 studies) and global cognitive function (1).

Cognitive function

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2 studies

  1. Social support availability is associated with cognitive function in humans.

    “The regression coefficients for SSA were similar across the unweighted and weighted regression models”

    Humansn = 30,097

    Unweighted versus weighted regression methods may be sufficient to analyze complex survey data in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    medRxivPreprint

  2. Social support availability is associated with cognitive function in humans.

    “SSA was positively and significantly associated with both executive function and memory.”

    Humans

    Urban-rural variation in the association between social support availability and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Results from the baseline Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    Health & place

Global cognitive function

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1 study

  1. Social support availability is associated with global cognitive function in humans.

    “The proportion of persons with high cognitive function was greater in participants with high SSA.”

    HumansHigh social support availability

    Social support and cognitive function in middle- and older-aged adults: descriptive analysis of CLSA tracking data

    European journal of public health

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