童年书籍的可用性有助于保持低教育的老年人的认知功能:来自NEIGE研究的结果
Yukako Tani1, Tomoki Kawahara1, Genichi Sugihara2
1Department of Public Health, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
概括
童年书籍的可用性保护了低教育程度的老年人的认知功能. 这种效应是由左上皮质体积介导的,这表明早期生活经历和大脑健康之间存在联系.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 低教育程度是已知的认知衰退的风险因素.
- 儿童时期的环境,特别是阅读材料的获取,可能会影响长期的认知健康.
- 了解弱势群体认知功能的保护因素对于公共卫生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年书籍的可用性与低教育程度的老年人认知功能之间的关联.
- 探索特定的大脑区域体积的调解作用,例如上皮质,在这种关系中.
- 识别潜在的干预措施,以保护受限教育的老年人群的认知功能.
主要方法:
- 对474名65-84岁的日本社区成年人进行横截面研究.
- 通过迷你精神状态检查 (MMSE) 评估认知功能;通过回顾性问卷评估童年书籍的可用性.
- 使用磁共振成像测量大脑区域体积;分析采用多变量回归和结构方程建模.
主要成果:
- 在受教育程度低的参与者中,童年书籍的可用性与较高的MMSE得分有关 (系数=1.48,95% CI:0.31至2.66).
- 在受过中等或高学历的人群中,这种关联并不显著.
- 左上皮质体积显著介导了低教育群体儿童书籍可用性和认知功能之间的关系.
结论:
- 童年书籍的可用性是保持低教育的老年人认知功能的重要因素.
- 左上皮质在这种保护作用中起着调解作用,强调了它在与阅读相关的认知过程中的重要性.
- 这些发现表明,促进对书籍的早期获取可能是一个可行的策略,以提高晚年生活中的认知性.
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