中年和老年中国成年人互联网使用与认知功能之间的关系:5年纵向研究
Bowen Chen1, Chun Yang2, Shanshan Ren3
1Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Journal of medical Internet research
|November 14, 2024
概括
45岁以上的成年人使用互联网与更好的认知功能和减少认知衰退有关. 频率增加和手机使用显示出更大的认知益处,这表明一种可行的非药物干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 认知能力下降是全球主要的健康挑战,特别是在中国老龄化人口中.
- 对于老年人互联网使用的长期认知影响的了解有限.
- 互联网接入正在扩大,需要对互联网对认知的影响进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 探索中老年和老年中国成年人互联网使用与与年龄相关的认知衰退之间的关联.
- 评估互联网使用频率和设备类型对认知功能的影响.
- 检查互联网使用在认知差异中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 来自中国健康与退休长度研究的12770名没有痴呆症的参与者 (≥45岁) 的分析.
- 利用固定效应模型,多重线性回归和倾向性得分匹配进行可靠的分析.
- 使用相关性和专门的统计方法研究了设备类型,频率和调解效应.
主要成果:
- 互联网用户的认知分数更高,神经退行性疾病发病率更低.
- 增加互联网使用频率和手机接入与更大的认知效益相关.
- 互联网使用部分解释了城乡认知差距.
结论:
- 45岁及以上的个人使用互联网与认知能力下降的风险降低有关.
- 互联网使用可能是一个具有成本效益的,非药物干预的潜在干预,用于认知衰退.
- 研究结果强调了数字参与在老龄化人口中的保护性认知效应.
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