公共卫生 公共卫生
Sirena Gutierrez1, Iris Strangmann2, Zachary J Kunicki3
1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 23, 2025
概括
在墨西哥,说土著语言的土著老年人表现出更差的认知功能. 较低的教育程度,识字和算术水平有助于大脑衰老中的这些差异.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 双语通常会提高认知功能,但墨西哥的土著-西班牙双语老年人表现较差的认知表现比单语.
- 墨西哥的土著人口在教育,医疗保健和歧视方面面临系统性不平等,这可能会影响认知衰老.
- 教育,识字和算术对墨西哥土著成年人的认知差异的影响仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查在老年墨西哥成年人中使用土著语言与认知功能之间的关联.
- 检查教育,识字和算术在这种关系中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 来自墨西哥健康和衰老研究认知衰老辅助研究 (Mex-Cog) 的1958年55岁以上成年人的分析.
- 由自我报告的土著语言使用定义的土著性.
- 使用线性回归和调解分析来评估认知功能因子得分和调解效应.
主要成果:
- 11%的参与者使用土著语言,报告教育程度较低,农村居住率较高.
- 讲土著语言与记忆,语言,执行功能和定向方面的得分明显较低有关.
- 数学,识字和教育程度占土著语言对认知功能的总影响的2%-61%.
结论:
- 教育成就,数学的能力和识字能力是导致墨西哥土著人口老龄化的认知不平等的关键因素.
- 旨在提高数字和识字能力的干预措施,以及教育,可能有助于减少认知差异.
- 进一步的研究是必要的,以探索其他潜在的因素,如中年健康和种族主义影响认知结果.
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