早期社会经济地位和晚年认知功能:一个元分析.
Hanamori F Skoblow1, Christine M Proulx2, Rahmet Akpolat1
1Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, 102 Gwynn Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|September 25, 2024
概括
儿童社会经济地位 (SEP) 与老年成人更好的认知功能有关. 改善早期生活条件,特别是对妇女的教育,可能会提高后期的认知能力.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 儿童社会经济地位 (SEP) 是终身健康和福祉的关键决定因素.
- 了解早期生活环境对认知衰老的长期影响对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化儿童社会经济地位 (SEP) 与老年成年人的认知功能之间的关联.
- 确定影响这种关系的潜在调节者,例如性别,教育和国家收入不平等.
主要方法:
- 对39份报告进行了随机效应元分析,其中包括49个独立子样本 (N=229,824).
- 采用元回归和子组分析来调查缓和因素.
- 检查了各种认知领域的关联,包括全球认知,口头情节性记忆,口头流利,处理速度和抑制.
主要成果:
- 在儿童SEP和老年成人整体认知功能之间发现了一个小的正相关性 (r=0.161).
- 对全球认知功能,口头情节性记忆,口头流和处理速度观察到显著的积极关联,但不是抑制.
- 母亲的教育比其他SEP指标更强有力的预测因素;较老的样本平均年龄和更高的样本教育削弱了与口头情节性记忆的关联.
结论:
- 儿童时期的社会经济状况在以后的生活中显著影响认知表现.
- 建议采取旨在改善早期生活环境的政策干预措施,特别是提高妇女获得教育的机会,以支持老年人群的认知健康.
- 这些发现强调了从童年开始解决社会经济差异的重要性,以促进成年后的认知性.
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