在COVID-19大流行期间评估功能认知和健康:社区成年人之间的性别差异
Naomi Josman1, Yael Atiya1, Tal Dagan1
1University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Journal of primary care & community health
|December 14, 2023
概括
这项研究发现,COVID-19幸存者与健康人之间在功能认知或健康方面没有显著差异. 然而,男性表现出比女性更好的功能性认知和健康结果,突出了大流行影响中的潜在性别差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 无论感染状况如何,COVID-19大流行给成年人带来了长期的健康和功能挑战.
- 认知障碍是已知的COVID-19症状,但研究主要针对的是医学而不是功能性认知影响.
- 对于大流行对功能认知评估的持续影响的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 研究COVID-19流行病对社区成年人功能认知和健康的长期影响.
- 为了比较具有和没有COVID-19感染史的个体之间的功能认知和健康状况.
- 检查疫情对功能认知和健康的影响中的潜在性别差异.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及118名社区成年人的横截面研究.
- 参与者根据性别和COVID-19感染史 (25名先前感染者) 被分为组.
- 用日常生活问卷 (DLQ) 评估功能性认知;用SF-12健康调查测量健康状况.
主要成果:
- 在患有COVID-19和没有患有COVID-19的参与者之间,没有观察到功能认知或健康状况的统计学上显著差异.
- 与研究队列中的女性相比,男性表现出更好的功能认知和健康状况指标.
- 这些发现表明,在流行病后暴露后的健康和认知结果中存在着显著的性别差异.
结论:
- 基于性别的家庭角色可能会影响观察到的功能认知和健康差异.
- 评估暴露于COVID-19等大流行病的成年人的功能认知是非常重要的,因为潜在的长期健康和功能影响.
- 每日生活问卷 (DLQ) 已被验证用于评估功能认知,特别是在有COVID-19病史的个人中.
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