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We compared cognitive function among groups with different religious affiliations and investigated the relationship between religiosity and subdomains of cognitive function in patients with AD.Methods We recruited 247 patients with AD from psychiatric outpatient clinic. The Korean version of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease (CERAD-K) was used to investigate different domains of cognitive function in patients with AD. Religiosity was measured using the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), which assesses organizational religious activity (ORA), non-organizational religious activity (NORA), and intrinsic religiosity (IR). The cognitive functions of Christian, Buddhist, and religiously non-affiliated groups were compared. Additionally, hierarchical stepwise multiple regression was used to determine the relationship between ORA, NORA, and IR and the subdomains of cognitive function.Results The Christian group showed better functioning in memory and constructional praxis than the religiously non-affiliated group after controlling for age, sex, and education, whereas the Buddhist group did not differ from the religiously non-affiliated group. ORA, NORA, and IR were significantly related to the Mini Mental Status Examination in the Korean version of CERAD (MMSE-KC), constructional praxis, and wordlist memory. In the multiple regression analysis, ORA showed positive relationships with constructional praxis and word-list memory, whereas NORA and IR were positively associated with MMSE-KC and word-list recall, respectively.Conclusion Our results suggest that the superiority in the cognitive functions of the Christian group may be associated with a high level of religious activities and IR that significantly influences memory and visuospatial ability in the elderly with AD.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.30773\/pi.2025.0394","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,11]],"date-time":"2026-05-11T23:52:01Z","timestamp":1778543521000},"page":"677-684","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.30773\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Differential Associations Between Religiosity and Cognition in the Korean Elderly With Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"],"prefix":"10.30773","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6282-5612","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Minkyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9414-5635","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sooyeon","family":"Min","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2303-3975","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"JaeHoon","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mind-Neuromodulation Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4001-3626","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Chang Hyun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mind-Neuromodulation Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1324-5635","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yoo Sun","family":"Moon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mind-Neuromodulation Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6588-9221","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Do Hoon","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mind-Neuromodulation Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"12228","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/s1041610214001665"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5402\/2012\/278730"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geront\/gnx024"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"102","volume-title":"Spiritual activity is associated with better cognitive function in old age","author":"Fung","year":"2013"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1212\/01.wnl.0000260697.66617.59"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2174\/156720510791383886"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.archger.2015.01.009"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13607863.2016.1232366"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/gerona\/glp116"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1533317519827416"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1212\/wnl.49.3_suppl_3.s11"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/57.1.p47"},{"key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/ajp.139.9.1136"},{"key":"ref14","first-page":"612","volume-title":"[The validity of the Korean version of Global Deterioration Scale]","author":"Choi","year":"2002"},{"key":"ref15","first-page":"885","volume-title":"Religion index for psychiatric research","author":"Koenig","year":"1997"},{"key":"ref16","first-page":"87","volume-title":"[The impact of religiosity and spirituality on depression &amp; 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