It may be difficult these days to find a middle-aged person who is not stress, nervous Or exhaust. The problem is that this feeling can increase the risk of dementiaaccording to a study by the University of Helsinki, Finland.

The team involved in the work followed 68,000 people for 45 years. They had to complete questionnaires reporting their psychological symptoms.

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According to the analysis, those who said they “often” suffered from stress, depression, nervousness or exhaustion since the age of 45 had a 17% to 24% increased risk of dementia, reports the log. The daily mail.

The researchers said the reason for the link is still unclear, but it is important to understand the risk factors for the disease. “As the population ages, memory problems are becoming more common. Naturally, this makes understanding your risk factors important,” they wrote in an article published in the journal. Open Jama Network.

“From a psychiatric perspective, it is particularly interesting that, through careful modeling, we have established a link between symptoms associated with mental distress and organic brain disease,” they add. “In this study, symptoms of psychological distress were significantly associated with an increased risk of dementia from all causes.

Another finding made by the study was that the link between depression and burnout with dementia was only detected significantly in men. “This may indicate that in men who report depressive symptoms ‘frequently,’ the degree of symptoms may be more severe and therefore more strongly correlated with an increased risk of dementia,” the authors concluded.

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