邻里富裕和认知衰退:种族的适度?
1Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America; Department of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|September 28, 2025
概括
邻里富裕与更高的认知功能有关,特别是在黑人成年人中. 然而,这种邻居因素并没有影响随着时间的推移而发生的认知变化.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 邻里富裕与老年人的认知功能有关.
- 这个协会中的种族差异并未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 检查社区富裕和种族如何影响随时间推移的认知功能.
- 调查邻里富裕是否减轻或加剧了认知方面的种族差异.
主要方法:
- 使用了三级增长曲线模型.
- 分析了来自健康和退休研究的数据 (N=13,384).
- 地理编码的参与者数据与国家社区数据档案.
主要成果:
- 更高的社区富裕与更好的基线认知功能有关.
- 这种关联在黑人成年人中比白人成年人强.
- 邻里富裕程度并不能预测十年内认知功能的变化.
结论:
- 邻里富裕是与基线认知功能和种族差异相关的重要背景因素.
- 社区富裕对认知功能的好处可能更多的是初始水平而不是长期变化.
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