在中国老年人中,落后状态和认知功能之间的关系:一个前性的3年队列研究
Hong-Guang Zhang1,2,3, Fang Fan1,2,3, Bao-Liang Zhong1,2,3
1Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
General psychiatry
|June 20, 2023
概括
在中国,留下来的老年人经历了较差的认知功能和衰退. 增加亲子访问可能有助于减轻这些对认知健康的负面影响.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 基于地理位置的传统的落后地位定义是不准确的.
- 现有的关于落后地位对老年人的认知功能影响的数据存在争议.
- 根据父母和孩子的会面频率提出了一个新的定义.
研究的目的:
- 检查在中国老年人中落后状态和认知功能之间的横截面和纵向关联.
- 调查罕见的面对面亲子会面对老年人的认知健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用来自中国健康和退休长度研究 (2015年和2018年) 的8,682名老年人 (60岁以上) 的数据.
- 被遗弃的身份定义为每月见到成年孩子不到一次.
- 使用复合认知测试评估认知功能.
主要成果:
- 2015年和2018年,在认知测试中,落后的老年人相比于非落后的个人,在认知测试中得分始终较低.
- 在对共变量进行调整后,落后状态与较低的认知分数有显著的关联 (2015年下降0.628分,2018年下降0.322分).
- 与落后状态相关的认知衰退随着时间的推移而持续.
结论:
- 经历落后地位的中国老年人面临着更高的认知障碍和认知衰退的风险.
- 建议鼓励成年儿童更频繁地访问儿童的干预措施,以支持这一群体的认知健康.
- 解决与落后身份相关的社会隔离和减少家庭接触对于维持老年人的认知功能至关重要.
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