教育和职业类型对出生队列的影响 墨西哥老年人的认知功能差异
Mariela Gutierrez1, Morten Wahrendorf2, Sadaf Milani3,4
1Department of Population Health and Health Disparities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
概括
墨西哥老年人的认知功能在最近的出生队伍中得到了改善. 这种改善与高等教育水平有关,而不是职业类型,这表明教育在认知衰老中起着关键作用.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 墨西哥的人口正在老龄化.
- 社会变化包括增加教育和职业转换.
- 目前正在研究群体之间的认知功能差异.
研究的目的:
- 比较两个出生队伍的墨西哥成年人60-76岁之间的认知功能.
- 确定教育和职业类型的变化是否有助于认知功能的队列差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了2001年和2018年的墨西哥健康和衰老研究数据.
- 通过五项措施评估全球认知.
- 采用普通最小平方回归和结构方程模型 (SEM).
主要成果:
- 2018年队列中的老年人表现出比2001年队列更高的全球认知能力.
- 这些队列差异部分是由教育和职业解释的.
- 教育对男性和女性的认知功能比职业类型有更大的间接影响.
结论:
- 最近的墨西哥老年人的出生队伍显示了增强的认知功能.
- 教育部分调解了这些队列差异,而职业则没有.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定其他导致认知功能变化的因素.
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