教育和职业复杂性的调解效应在种族和生命后期认知的纵向变化之间在ACTIVE中
Joshua H Owens1, Jacob Fiala1, Richard N Jones2
1Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Research on aging
|April 22, 2024
概括
认知衰老的种族差异与教育和职业复杂性有关. 这些健康的社会决定因素解释了随着时间的推移,与种族相关的认知功能差异的11-16% .
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 健康的社会决定因素显著影响健康结果,包括认知衰老.
- 健康方面的种族差异得到了充分证实,需要对调解因素进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查教育和职业不平等如何调解种族化和认知水平之间的关系以及晚年生活中的变化.
- 为了确定健康的可修改的社会决定因素,有助于认知衰老差异.
主要方法:
- 从ACTIVE研究中对2371名黑人和白人参与者的长度分析超过10年.
- 结构方程建模用于评估种族,教育,职业复杂性和认知结果之间的间接关联.
- 认知结果包括记忆,推理和处理速度,分析了水平,线性和二次变化.
主要成果:
- 种族化 (黑/白) 对认知水平和通过教育和职业复杂性的变化产生了显著的间接影响.
- 教育和职业复杂性占种族和认知水平之间的关联的11-16% .
- 这些媒介与认知衰老轨迹的差异有关.
结论:
- 教育和职业不平等是认知衰老种族差异的重要媒介.
- 解决这些可修改的健康社会决定因素可能有助于减少认知衰老的不平等.
- 研究结果强调了社会因素在理解和减轻基于种族的认知健康差异方面的重要性.
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