在老年墨西哥遗产拉丁裔中,社会参与和认知功能
Liza Talavera-Garza1, Michiyo Hirai1, Joseph D Hovey1
1Department of Psychological Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA.
Clinical gerontologist
|December 4, 2025
概括
社会参与对于老年墨西哥裔拉丁裔的认知健康至关重要. 加强社会联系可能有助于维护认知功能,并防止这一群体的下降.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会参与被认为是预防认知衰退和痴呆症的保护因素.
- 社交参与对墨西哥拉丁裔遗产人口认知健康的具体影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究居住在美国的墨西哥传统拉丁裔老年人的社会参与和认知功能之间的关系.
- 为了确定社会参与是否预测认知健康,而不依赖于社交网络特征和感知到的社会支持.
主要方法:
- 收集的数据包括认知健康,社交网络特征,感知到的社会支持和社会参与.
- 使用了德克萨斯州南部的旧墨西哥遗产拉丁裔的样本.
- 使用分层多重回归分析来评估预测强度.
主要成果:
- 社交网络特征,感知到的社会支持和社会参与都与认知健康有显著的相关性.
- 社会参与成为认知功能的重要预测因素,即使考虑到社会支持和网络规模.
- 这些发现强调了社会参与对认知健康的重要性.
结论:
- 社会参与是一种可修改的行为因素,可以支持墨西哥拉丁裔老年人的认知健康.
- 查和促进社会参与可能是一个有价值的临床策略,以保持老拉丁裔容易认知障碍的认知功能.
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