Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment: Findings From the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment: Findings From the National Health and Aging Trends Study
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DOI：
10.1177/1533317516673154
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Richardson, Virginia E.
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作者：
Gibson, Allison K.;Richardson, Virginia E.
虽然大多数患有认知障碍（CI）的人与照顾者住在一起，但估计有80万人独自生活。由于CI症状，这些个体可能会因自我忽视而增加伤害自己或他人的风险。虽然独居CI患者已被确定为需要研究的一个重要领域，但由于确定和招募研究参与者的挑战，很少有研究能够检查这一人群。通过使用国家健康与老龄化趋势研究数据集，研究人员探索了描述这一人群的特征。本研究结果表明，大多数CI患者为老年丧偶女性，未被诊断为阿尔茨海默氏症或痴呆症，但在认知筛查措施中检测呈阳性。此外，大多数单独生活的CI患者依赖成年子女和有偿专业人员作为初级保健提供者。
Although most individuals experiencing cognitive impairment (CI) reside with a caregiver, an estimated 800,000 live alone. Such individuals may have an increased risk for injury to self or others through self-neglect as a result of the CI symptoms. While persons living alone with CI have been identified as an important area for needed research, few studies have been able to examine this population due to the challenges of identifying and recruiting study participants. By using the National Health & Aging Trends Study data set, the researchers explored the characteristics to describe this population. The results of this study indicated that the majority of persons living with CI were older, widowed females who were not diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia but tested positive on cognitive screening measures. Further, the majority of persons living alone with CI relied on adult children and paid professionals as the primary care providers.