感知邻居环境与老年人的认知功能相关联
Journal of gerontological nursing
|July 31, 2023
概括
对社区特征的感知,如公共交通通道和人行道覆盖率,与老年人更好的认知功能有关. 这些环境因素可能会支持老年人的大脑健康.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 认知能力下降是老年人群的一个重大问题.
- 社区环境可以影响健康行为和结果.
- 了解环境与认知之间的联系对于公共卫生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查感知邻居环境与老年人认知功能之间的关联.
- 识别特定的社区属性,可能支持认知健康.
- 提供旨在保护认知的环境干预措施的证据.
主要方法:
- 这是一项针对821名65岁及以上的成年人进行的横截面研究.
- 利用身体活动邻里环境尺度来对环境感知.
- 使用认知能力查仪器评估认知功能.
- 使用多变量线性回归来分析关联.
主要成果:
- 对公共交通的更大感知与更高的认知功能得分 (增加0.56分) 有关.
- 增加感知人行道覆盖率与改善的认知功能得分相关 (增加0.22分).
- 在控制社会人口统计因素后,协会仍然很重要.
结论:
- 包括公共交通和人行道在内的社区属性的感知与老年人的认知功能有积极的关联.
- 物理邻里基础设施可能在维持认知健康方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 研究结果表明,环境修改可能是支持认知衰老的策略.
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