中年和老年拉丁裔成年人的认知困难:美国各州群体内变化
Marc A Garcia1, Catherine García2
1Department of Sociology, Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States.
概括
在美国各州的拉丁裔成年人中,认知困难的差异很大. 美国出生的拉丁裔和特定的遗产群体,如波多黎各人,面临更高的风险,需要量身定制的公共卫生战略.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 认知困难是记忆障碍的早期指标,也是阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症的潜在前体.
- 了解不同人群在认知健康方面的差异对于有效的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查美国45岁及以上的拉丁裔在认知困难中的州级差异.
- 根据出生地,遗产和地理位置,确定拉丁裔人口中具有较高的认知困难风险的子组.
主要方法:
- 利用了美国社区调查 (2008-2019) 的数据.
- 采用后勤回归模型来分析认知困难的州级差异.
- 根据出生地,拉丁裔遗产和原产国/地区进行分层分析.
主要成果:
- 在各州和拉丁裔子组的认知困难患病率中存在显著的异质性.
- 在宾夕法尼亚州,马萨诸塞州,密歇根州,俄俄州和新墨西哥州观察到更高的比例.
- 美国出生的拉丁裔总是比外国出生的同行报告更多的认知困难;波多黎各人,多米尼加人和古巴人在某些州的患病率很高.
结论:
- 结构,文化和地理因素相交,影响着不同拉丁裔人口的认知衰老.
- 研究结果强调,需要超越泛民族标签,解决认知健康差异.
- 国家一级的社会政治背景影响认知健康;文化和地理定制的干预措施对高风险国家至关重要.
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