祖父母在痴呆症风险保护作用中的性别差异
Seung-Won Emily Choi1, Zhenmei Zhang2, Hui Liu3
1Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
概括
照顾孙子孙女可能会降低祖父母的痴呆症风险. 福利因性别和护理强度而异,较轻的护理帮助祖母,重症监护帮助祖父.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 跨代的照顾,特别是祖父母的照顾,是人们越来越感兴趣的领域,以了解晚年生活中的认知健康.
- 以前的研究还没有充分探讨祖父母和痴呆风险之间的细微关系,特别是关于性别差异和照顾强度.
- 纵向研究对于建立护理角色与认知衰退之间的时间关联至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查美国全国样本中,照顾孙子 (祖父母) 和痴呆风险之间的关联.
- 检查祖父母与痴呆症风险之间的关系中性别特异性的变化.
- 探索照顾强度和家庭结构如何改变祖父母对痴呆风险的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用离散时间事件历史模型与健康和退休研究 (2000-2016) 的数据.
- 分析了10217名在社区居住的白人和黑人祖父母的样本,年龄在基线时为52岁以上.
- 专注于非共同居住的祖父母,通过轻度和重症监护水平和家庭结构进行区分.
主要成果:
- 与非照顾祖父母相比,非照顾祖父母与男性和女性痴呆症风险降低有关.
- 提供轻度非日光照顾的祖母有较低的痴呆风险;提供密集非日光照顾的祖父也有较低的风险.
- 在多代或跳过一代家庭的祖父母并没有显示出与痴呆风险的显著关联.
结论:
- 代际护理显著影响老年人的认知健康.
- 祖父母对痴呆症的保护作用取决于性别,护理强度和家庭背景.
- 未来的研究应该考虑这些细微的因素,在检查护理对认知衰老的影响时.
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