记忆和语言认知数据协调在美国和墨西哥
Miguel Arce Rentería1, Emily M Briceño2, Diefei Chen3,4
1Department of Neurology Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York New York USA.
Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|September 15, 2023
概括
研究人员使用文化神经心理学方法在美国和墨西哥的研究中协调了记忆和语言分数. 这种方法为跨国研究提供了可比的认知指标,包括对阿尔茨海默病的研究.
科学领域:
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 认知老龄化 认知老龄化
- 跨文化研究 跨文化研究
背景情况:
- 跨不同人群的认知评估带来了协调性挑战.
- 现有的认知指标可能无法在不同文化背景之间进行直接比较.
- 在跨国流行病学研究中需要验证和协调的认知分数.
研究的目的:
- 以文化神经心理学为基础的方法来导出和验证协调的记忆和语言分数.
- 在以人口为基础的研究中实现认知功能的跨国比较.
- 促进美国和墨西哥对认知衰老和痴呆症的未来研究.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自健康和退休研究协调认知评估协议 (HRS-HCAP) 和墨西哥健康和衰老研究 (MHAS) 认知衰老辅助研究 (Mex-Cog) 的数据.
- 采用了对记忆和语言领域的统计联合校准.
- 根据文化神经心理学的原则进行了差异性项目功能 (DIF) 分析.
主要成果:
- 包括来自HRS-HCAP的3170名参与者和来自Mex-Cog.的2042名参与者.
- 识别了5个内存项目和1个跨学科语言项目的DIF.
- 协调得分显示了与年龄和教育的预期关系,表明有效性.
结论:
- 文化神经心理学方法有效地协调跨国际队列的认知措施.
- 生成的协调记忆和语言分数显示了美国和墨西哥样本之间的最小测量偏差.
- 这些协调的分数适用于对认知衰退和阿尔茨海默病的跨国研究.
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