中年拉丁裔的大脑健康态度,意识和行动
Sophia W Light1, Jeimmy Hurtado2, Myriam Del Salto2
1Center for Applied Health Research on Aging (CAHRA), Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. sophia.wl@northwestern.edu.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
|March 12, 2025
概括
中年拉丁裔对阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的保护行为表现出不同的意识和行动. 加强对可修改风险因素的教育对于解决大脑健康方面的健康差异至关重要.
科学领域:
- 神经科学与公共卫生
- 健康差距 研究 研究 研究 研究
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 不成比例地影响美国的拉丁裔人口.
- 促进保护行为的人生干预措施可以解决这些差异.
- 了解当前的态度和行为对于有效促进大脑健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查中年拉丁美洲人的大脑健康态度,意识和行为.
- 为这个人口群体提供有针对性的大脑健康促进策略.
- 识别影响知识和参与保护性行为的因素.
主要方法:
- 在200名年龄在35-64岁的拉丁裔中进行了横截面在线调查.
- 评估了ADRD的担忧,信念,保护行为知识和当前的参与.
- 多变量分析探讨了与社会人口统计学和心理社会因素 (例如,健康素养,健康激活) 的关联.
主要成果:
- 36%的人非常担心ADRD; 61%的人认为降低风险是可能的.
- 只有29.5%的人能说出三个大脑健康的步骤;45.5%的人从事这种行为.
- 较低的融入文化与更高的ADRD关注和对降低风险的信念有关.
- 低健康激活与对可采取行动步骤的协议较低相关.
结论:
- 大多数中年拉丁裔认为大脑健康是可以采取行动的.
- 对于ADRD的基于科学的保护行为,意识和参与是可变的.
- 需要对可修改的风险因素进行教育举措,并对少数群体进行进一步的研究.
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