认知健康各个阶段的活动参与度
Cynthia Williams1, Corinne Labyak2, Andrea Arikawa2
1School of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 13, 2025
概括
认知功能较低的老年人较少从事活动,并有更多的健康问题. 促进有意义的活动可以改善他们的生活质量和认知健康.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知健康 认知健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老年人认知能力下降是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 活动参与对于维持老龄化人口的生活质量至关重要.
- 了解认知状态和活动模式之间的关系对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究老年人不同认知健康阶段的活动参与如何变化.
- 识别与较低认知功能相关的特定健康行为和活动.
- 为促进认知障碍老年人福祉的策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 从肠道和大脑衰老中的微生物组 (MiaGB) 研究 (2022年8月至2023年12月) 的基线数据的横截面分析.
- 使用健康史,活动参与调查问卷和蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 来进行认知评估.
- 采用单向ANOVA和千平方试验,并使用本费罗尼特 hoc后分析来比较群体差异.
主要成果:
- 在MoCA上得分≤17的参与者年龄较大 (平均84岁),主要是白人,非西班牙裔女性,受教育程度较低,收入中等 (p < 0.001).
- 在大多数健康行为 (p < 0.05) 中发现了积极参与的显著差异,但不包括儿童护理.
- 较低的认知状态与较高的高血压,关节炎和抑郁症的报告率相关.
结论:
- 认知功能下降的老年人报告了更多的临床疾病和减少参与有意义的活动.
- 推促进有意义的活动参与的干预措施,以提高认知能力下降的老年人的生活质量.
- 跨认知健康水平的定制活动修改是必要的,以支持老龄化人口的福祉.
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