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By ROGER DOBSON <\/p>\n
Published:<\/span> 20:37 EDT, 28 March 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | Updated:<\/span> 20:37 EDT, 28 March 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n
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Most people crave domestic bliss \u2013 and now researchers have shown that it is good for your cognitive health too.<\/p>\n
Unhappy family relationships were associated with a 66 per cent greater risk of dementia.<\/p>\n
Academics analysed data on 104,093 UK adults aged 40 to 69 who were dementia-free for the first four years of the study period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were tracked for more than 13 years, during which time 1,359 developed dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The scientists compared the risk of diagnosis with relationship and friendship satisfaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The men and women had been asked how satisfied they were with their family relationships and friendships.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The results of the study – which compared relationship and friendship satisfaction – showed that being dissatisfied with family relationships, compared to being satisfied, was associated with a 34 per cent increased risk of dementia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The academics found unhappy family relationships were associated with a 66 per cent greater risk of dementia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Results showed that being dissatisfied with family relationships, compared to being satisfied, was associated with a 34 per cent increased risk of dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Being very dissatisfied was associated with a 66 per cent higher risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friendship dissatisfaction showed no significant association with dementia risk, according to the report from the National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, China.<\/p>\n
The study, which appears in the journal Alzheimer\u2019s & Dementia, states: \u2018The findings suggest that family relationship quality may be an important consideration in dementia risk assessment.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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