BACKGROUND: Consent rates for brain donation were examined in 140 healthy elderly participants of the Oregon Brain Aging Study, a longitudinal study of successful aging. Subjects were initially selected for good health. The study population had a relatively high education level, a high socioeconomic status, and were predominantly white. METHODS: At each annual examination, a project physician asked participants to consider brain donation. This analysis examined variables that may affect the rate of brain donation consent: age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, marital status, religiosity, cognitive status, depression, and functional status. RESULTS: Of these variables only age was a meaningful factor. CONCLUSION: The oldest old participants (> or =85 years of age) were more likely to consent to donation than the younger participants (65-84 years of age).
BACKGROUND: Consent rates for brain donation were examined in 140 healthy elderly participants of the Oregon Brain Aging Study, a longitudinal study of successful aging. Subjects were initially selected for good health. The study population had a relatively high education level, a high socioeconomic status, and were predominantly white. METHODS: At each annual examination, a project physician asked participants to consider brain donation. This analysis examined variables that may affect the rate of brain donation consent: age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, marital status, religiosity, cognitive status, depression, and functional status. RESULTS: Of these variables only age was a meaningful factor. CONCLUSION: The oldest old participants (> or =85 years of age) were more likely to consent to donation than the younger participants (65-84 years of age).
Authors: Linda Boise; Ladson Hinton; Howard J Rosen; Mary C Ruhl; Hiroko Dodge; Nora Mattek; Marilyn Albert; Andrea Denny; Joshua D Grill; Travonia Hughes; Jennifer H Lingler; Darby Morhardt; Francine Parfitt; Susan Peterson-Hazan; Viorela Pop; Tara Rose; Raj C Shah Journal: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Date: 2017 Apr-Jun Impact factor: 2.703
Authors: Amy Deep-Soboslay; Michelle I Mighdoll; Andrew E Jaffe; Stephen B Thomas; Mary M Herman; Jonathan Sirovatka; Jewell P King; David R Fowler; Dawn Zulauf; Constance DiAngelo; Thomas M Hyde; Joel E Kleinman Journal: PLoS One Date: 2019-10-23 Impact factor: 3.240