盲人成年人的衰老:一个范围审查
Aline K Honingh1, Astrid Kok1, Mitchel Mesker1
1Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
概括
老龄化的盲人成年人在空间记忆和参与度方面经历了独特的下降,但在注意力和触觉敏度方面表现出强项. 他们需要额外的支持和针对健康衰老的有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 对于残疾成年人,特别是失明的衰老过程,研究不足.
- 现有关于视力障碍的文献可能无法完全捕捉盲人成年人的明显的衰老经历.
- 盲人的年龄相关变化可能会被进一步的视力下降所混.
研究的目的:
- 对盲人成年人的衰老过程进行范围审查.
- 为了检查与年龄相关的衰退,将其与视觉正常的成年人进行比较,确定促成因素,并探索支持需求.
- 综合当前关于盲人人口衰老的研究.
主要方法:
- 在六个主要数据库 (Scopus,Medline,Embase,CINAHL,APA PsycInfo,Web of Science) 进行了系统的文献搜索.
- 搜索涵盖了从创立到2023年7月至10月的文献.
- 分析了13篇符合条件的文章,重点关注身体,感官,认知和心理方面的问题.
主要成果:
- 盲人成年人与年龄相关的下降,在某些地区与有视力的成年人相似.
- 盲人成年人的具体下降包括空间记忆和与外部世界的接触.
- 与视力正常的人相比,盲人成年人表现出更好的注意力,工作记忆和触觉敏度.
结论:
- 老龄化的盲人成年人面临着不同的风险,需要量身定制的支持.
- 干预措施应包括身体和认知炼,盲人字训练,风险查,教育和社会活动.
- 需要进一步的研究来区分失明类型,调查特定需求,并复制发现.
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