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People more relaxed and not prone to stress may be less likely to develop dementia, according to study published in the journal Neurology, the American Academy of Neurology.
The research involved 506 elderly people not suffering from dementia when examined initially. The group received questionnaires to ascertain details about your personality and lifestyle.
The study concluded that most people are calm and relaxed 50% lower risk of developing dementia compared to people with a tendency to estressar.Os participants were followed for six years and during that period, 144 of them developed dementia.
Personality
In questionnaires given to those who participated in the survey, the issues of personality have identified people with different degrees of stress. Was also evaluated the level of extraversion in dialogue with others.
Tying up the analysis of the responses, the scientists found that people who are not stressed easily were calm and satisfied, while those that were easily stressed emotionally unstable, anxious and negative.
The extroverted received a higher score in the questionnaire and were socially active and optimistic, compared to people with lower scores, usually reserved and introspective.
The questionnaire on lifestyle-determined as each person participating regularly in recreational and social activities.
"In the past, studies have shown that chronic stress can affect parts of the brain, such as the hippocampus, possibly leading to dementia, but other results have suggested that an easy and outgoing personality combined with a socially active lifestyle can reduce further the risk to develop dementia, "said the author of the study, Hui-Xin Wang, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
"The good news is that factors related to lifestyle can be modified, unlike genetic factors, which can not be controlled. But these preliminary results are then still not clear how exactly the attitude influences the risk of dementia," said Wang.
Source: BBC
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