高度的身体健康与老年痴呆症患者的更好的认知功能有关:一项横截面研究
Lucimere Bohn1,2,3, Cátia Silva1, Edmar Mendes2,4
1Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Journal of aging and physical activity
|September 30, 2025
概括
更高的全球体能 (GPF) 与痴呆症老年人机构住院的更好的认知功能有关. 这表明健身干预可能有助于减缓认知能力下降.
科学领域:
- 老年学和认知神经科学
- 临床老年病学 临床老年病学
- 神经退行性疾病研究研究
背景情况:
- 衰老与认知功能和身体健康 (PF) 的下降有关.
- 现有的研究强调了PF与认知之间的联系,但对老年痴呆症患者的研究有限.
- 这项研究探讨了认知功能和PF在认知障碍的制度化个体之间的关联.
研究的目的:
- 研究被诊断患有痴呆症的住院老年人的认知功能和身体健康之间的关系.
- 探索潜在的相关性,可以为这一群体的认知衰退提供干预信息.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及75名住院老年人 (平均年龄78.13岁,76%为女性) 患有严重神经认知障碍的横截面研究.
- 用蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 评估认知功能,参与者根据MoCA分数进行分类.
- 使用高级健身测试测量身体健康,产生全球身体健康得分 (GPF).
主要成果:
- 全球体能 (GPF) 与MoCA分数 (R2 = .300) 有显著的积极关联.
- 超过第25个百分点的GPF独立地与更高MoCA分数的可能性有关 (OR = 7.8,p = .003).
- 多年的教育也独立预测了更高的MoCA分数 (OR = 1.5,p = .016).
结论:
- 全球更高的身体健康与痴呆症的机构老年人中更好的认知功能有显著的关联.
- 了解这种联系对于制定减轻认知衰退的策略至关重要.
- 需要进一步的纵向和实验性研究来证实,提高身体健康是否可以减缓认知能力下降,反之亦然.
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