组合口服避孕药是否具有长期影响? 几乎没有证据表明,前吸毒者对认知功能有持久的影响
1Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Hormones and behavior
|August 1, 2025
概括
联合口服避孕药 (COCs) 的使用可能不会导致持久的认知变化. 虽然目前的用户显示视觉空间技能较低,但以前的用户与从未使用过的人没有什么不同,这表明COCs的持久影响很小.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 联合口服避孕药 (COCs) 广泛使用,它们对认知功能的影响是正在进行的研究领域.
- 目前的COC使用者与非使用者之间观察到大脑活动和认知过程中的微妙差异.
- 目前尚不清楚这些认知差异是否会在停止服用COC后继续存在.
研究的目的:
- 调查前组合口服避孕药 (COC) 用户的潜在残留认知影响.
- 为了比较前COC用户,从未用户和当前用户之间的口语流和视觉空间功能的认知表现.
- 为了确定过去COC使用的持续时间是否与持续的认知改变有关.
主要方法:
- 对221名健康成年人的认知数据集进行了回顾性分析.
- 参与者被分为三个组:前COC用户 (在30个月前停止使用),从未使用者和当前用户.
- 在月经周期的卵泡早期阶段,使用标准化测试来评估语言流性和视觉空间功能的认知表现.
主要成果:
- 在任何测试的认知任务中,在前COC使用者和从未使用者之间没有发现显著的认知差异.
- 当前的COC用户在视觉空间任务 (空间关系) 上表现较差,与以前的用户和从未使用过的用户相比.
- 在以前的使用者中,较长时间的COC使用与较差的口语流性有关,特别是在语音流性任务中.
结论:
- 该研究发现,在停止使用联合口服避孕药 (COC) 后,几乎没有持续的认知影响的证据.
- 前COC使用和口头流之间的持续时间相关性表明潜在的长期,尽管微妙,影响.
- 这些发现有助于理解使用荷尔蒙避孕药对认知功能的持久影响.
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