公共卫生 公共卫生
Arantxa Sánchez Boluarte1,2, Alicia Boluarte Carbajal3, Danilo A Sanchez Coronel4
1Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Lima, Peru.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 23, 2025
概括
这项研究评估了秘鲁Shawi土著成年人的认知功能,发现神经认知障碍 (NCD) 的高患病率可能与低教育水平有关. 需要进一步的研究,以适应评估工具的土著人口.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 土著健康研究土著健康研究
背景情况:
- 对亚马逊土著人口的神经健康数据有限,特别是在神经认知障碍 (NCD) 方面.
- 在这些社区中,低教育程度普遍存在,并显著影响认知功能.
- 这项研究的重点是评估在秘鲁洛雷托市50岁及以上的Shawi土著成年人的认知功能.
研究的目的:
- 描述50岁及以上的Shawi土著成年人的认知功能.
- 提供关于这种服务不足的人群中神经认知障碍患病率的初步数据.
- 突出在低识字,文化多样化的群体中评估认知功能的挑战.
主要方法:
- 在2023年11月至2024年1月期间,对234名Shawi成年人进行了横截面研究.
- 认知功能被评估使用文化适应和翻译版的罗兰普世痴呆症评估尺度 (RUDAS-PE) 和修改的迷你精神状态检查 (3MS).
- 使用描述性统计数据来总结认知得分,并为低识字率的参与者进行了适应.
主要成果:
- 平均年龄为58岁,72.6%的人缺乏正规教育.
- 在RUDAS-PE中,中位数为22分,在3MS中为67分,由于文盲程度低,在视觉空间任务中存在重大挑战.
- 初步分析表明,80%的参与者在两个评估工具上得分低于NCD截止值.
结论:
- 这项研究为沙维人提供了第一个认知功能数据,表明NCD的负担很高.
- 进一步的研究对于完善非传染性疾病评估工具和土著人口的切断分数至关重要.
- 调整测试仪器对于准确检测低识字率和对衰老和记忆的独特文化观点的群体中的非传染性疾病至关重要.
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