城市和农村绝经后妇女的认知功能
Al Asmaul Husna1, Munmun Mustafa2, Ely Prue3
1Department of Community Medicine, Pabna Medical College, Pabna, BGD.
Cureus
|May 21, 2024
概括
与城市女性相比,农村的绝经后妇女的认知能力下降率更高. 收入和教育等因素对这一群体的认知健康有重大影响.
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:
- 更年期是女性认知能力下降的已知危险因素.
- 绝经后妇女的数量在全球范围内不断增加,但对她们的认知功能的研究仍然有限.
- 这项研究通过比较城市和农村绝经后妇女的认知功能来解决数据稀缺的问题.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较居住在城市和农村环境的绝经后妇女之间的认知功能.
- 研究绝经后妇女的认知功能与各种社会人口因素之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及87名城市和87名农村绝经后妇女的比较横截面研究.
- 数据采集采用半结构化问卷和孟加拉语版本的迷你精神状态考试 (MMSE) 尺度.
- 采用了面对面的采访和记录审查,并使用SPSS版本24进行了统计分析.
主要成果:
- 农村妇女的平均年龄 (60.00岁) 比城市妇女 (58.09岁) 大.
- 与城市妇女 (35.6%) 相比,农村妇女的文盲比例明显高 (66.7%).
- 农村绝经后妇女 (60.9%) 的认知功能异常比城市妇女 (35.6%) 更多.
结论:
- 农村的绝经后妇女表现出异常认知功能的更高患病率.
- 认知功能与每月的家庭收入,住房条件,家庭结构,结婚年龄,生活方式和并发症有很大关系.
- 研究结果可以为政策制定提供信息,以提高绝经后妇女的认知健康.
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