Does cognitive impairment moderate the relationship between social isolation and anxiety? A 5-year longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of community residing older adults

Table 2 Weighted Means of Social Isolation and Anxiety among People who Developed Cognitive Impairment and People who Remained Cognitively Intact

Variables	Maintained Normal Cognition (n = 837)	Developed Mild Cognitive Impairment (n = 226)	Developed Dementia (n = 56)	F	p
Social Isolation in Wave 3	-0.039	0.066	0.119	3.37	0.043
Anxiety in Wave 3	4.027	4.394	4.690	1.67	0.199

Note: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cutoff score of 22 were used for the cognitive group. People who were cognitively intact in Wave 2 were followed up in Wave 3 and categorized into three groups; a group who maintained normal cognition, a group who developed probable MCI, and a group who developed probable dementia

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