肥胖对医疗保健专业人员认知功能的影响:全面分析
Charushila Rukadikar1, Chinmay J Shah2, Aruna Raju3
1Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, IND.
Cureus
|September 5, 2023
概括
肥胖严重影响医疗保健专业人员的记忆功能,增加忘记频率和严重性,同时减少记忆力使用. 保持健康的体重对于认知健康和预防记忆力下降至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医学科学 医学科学 医学科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
背景情况:
- 肥胖是一个全球流行病,与痴呆症风险增加有关.
- 了解肥胖对记忆等认知功能的具体影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在医疗保健专业人员中调查肥胖和记忆表现之间的关系.
- 要确定身体质量指数 (BMI) 和身体脂肪百分比如何影响各种记忆参数.
主要方法:
- 通过随机抽样招募了474名医疗保健专业人员.
- 根据世卫组织的BMI指南,参与者被分为正常体重,超重和肥胖群体.
- 使用吉列夫斯基MJ尺度评估记忆功能,测量一般遗忘,记忆使用,回顾性功能和遗忘的严重性.
主要成果:
- 在不同的BMI和身体脂肪百分比组 (p<0.05) 中发现了记忆规模参数的显著差异.
- 较高的BMI和身体脂肪与更高的遗忘的一般频率和严重性有积极的相关性.
- 相反,较高的BMI和身体脂肪与回顾性功能和记忆力使用有负相关性.
结论:
- 肥胖与记忆障碍密切相关,包括增加忘记和减少记忆力策略.
- 保持健康的体重可能是预防肥胖相关认知衰退和记忆丧失的关键策略.
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