极端温度对中老年和老年人认知功能的长期影响在中国
Zirong Ye1,2, Xueru Li1,2, Haoxiang Lang1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccine and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
|February 24, 2024
概括
极端温度,如热浪和炎热的夜晚过量负面影响老年人的认知功能. 在这项中国研究中,感冒并没有与认知能力下降有显著的关联.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 有限的研究存在于极端温度对认知功能的影响.
- 这项研究涉及极端天气事件对老年人认知表现的长期影响.
研究的目的:
- 量化极端温度 (热浪,寒流,炎热夜晚过度) 对认知表现的长期影响.
- 为了研究中年和老年中国成年人的相关性.
主要方法:
- 利用来自中国健康与退休长度研究 (CHARLS) 的7915名45岁以上的参与者的数据.
- 评估四个维度的认知功能:情节性记忆,注意力,定向和视觉构造.
- 使用差异差异 (DID) 模型,采用来自 ERA5-Land 数据集的每小时温度数据.
主要成果:
- 持续的温度升高和变化增加了认知能力下降的风险.
- 热浪使全球认知功能的下降增加了2.3%,炎热夜晚的过度增加了5.9%.
- 情节性记忆和视觉构造对与热有关的因素最敏感.
结论:
- 极端温度,特别是热浪和过度炎热的夜晚,与老年人的认知表现相反相关.
- 极端高温对不同认知领域的影响有所不同.
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