孤独和社会孤立对认知衰老的影响:叙事审查
Jade Guarnera1, Eva Yuen2,3, Helen Macpherson1
1Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports
|July 24, 2023
概括
孤独和社会孤立与老年人的认知能力下降和痴呆症风险增加有关. 需要更多的研究来确认干预措施是否可以减轻这些风险.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 孤独和社会隔离是影响认知衰老的新兴因素.
- 它们与认知功能变化和痴呆风险的关联正在引起人们的注意.
研究的目的:
- 审查当前对孤独和社会隔离如何影响认知衰老的理解.
- 探索这些社会因素与痴呆症之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 这篇叙事综述综合了现有的关于社会隔离,孤独,认知功能和痴呆症的研究.
- 它检查了研究研究这些因素在老年人之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 研究表明,孤独,社会隔离和老年人各个领域的认知功能下降之间存在关联.
- 这些社会因素与患痴呆症的风险增加有关.
- 可能有助于神经机制包括改变皮质醇分泌和大脑体积的变化 (例如,白色/灰质,海马).
结论:
- 目前的研究质量往往很差,结果是混合的和不确定的.
- 在准确地定义和测量孤独和社会隔离方面存在挑战.
- 需要高质量的干预措施来确定解决这些因素是否可以降低长期痴呆风险.
- COVID-19大流行对老年人社会隔离的长期影响在很大程度上是未知的.
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