Older Adult Social Participation, Gender, and Cognitive Decline

老年人的社会参与、性别和认知能力下降

• 批准号: 10704851
• 负责人: Eric Vogelsang
• 金额: $ 18.66万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV SAN BERNARDINO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10704851
• 关键词: Address; Age; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; American; Automobile Driving; Award; Cognition; Cognitive; Communities; Dementia; Education; Elderly; Empirical Research; Exercise; Family; Family member; Frequencies; Friends; Gender; Goals; Grant; Health; Health and Retirement Study; Hispanic-serving Institution; Impaired cognition; Individual; Inequality; Life; Life Cycle Stages; Link; Living Arrangement; Longitudinal Studies; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Mexican; Motivation; Outcome; Patients; Play; Policy Maker; Publications; Recommendation; Recording of previous events; Religiosity; Research; Research Personnel; Risk Reduction; Role; Social Sciences; Social support; Socialization; Specificity; Standardization; Students; Surveys; Time; United States National Institutes of Health; Validity and Reliability; Work; aging population; cognitive change; cognitive function; daily functioning; disorder risk; experience; gender disparity; high risk drinking; human old age (65+); improved; meetings; middle age; prevent; protective effect; psychologic; sex disparity; social; social cognition; social engagement; social norm; trend; undergraduate student; volunteer

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Identifying ways to delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia remains a priority of the NIA. As part of this work, there is growing recognition that social participation and community connectedness may reduce the risk of these diseases. Unfortunately, this research has provided little specificity into how various social activities may differentially predict cognitive decline. There has also been little inquiry into how older adult social participation or its relationship with cognition might differ by gender. Unlike many standard survey items (e.g., health, education), there is insufficient consistency with how social participation is measured in social surveys and utilized in empirical research. In particular, the use of social participation “summary measures” (a) may obscure differential associations between cognition and underlying social activities, and (b) often include items that are, arguably, not “social participation” (e.g., meeting with family members). This has resulted in two limitations: One, it is not known which social activities—and to what extent these activities—are driving any associations. Two, it is difficult to compare results among similar studies, raising concerns about validity and reliability. This project has three aims. One, we will investigate how associations between social participation and older adult cognitive functioning differ by social activity. Two, we will identify mechanisms that link particular social activities to cognitive health. Three, we will investigate to what extent associations between social participation and older adult cognitive functioning differ by gender. To accomplish these goals, we will utilize four large nationally representative longitudinal studies of older adults. Dr. Eric Vogelsang, PI, has an established publication record of older adult social participation and health research. The collaborators on this project have extensive experience in cognitive functioning research, mentoring, and NIH grants. Working at a “Super” Hispanic Serving Institution (CSU-San Bernardino), the project will provide research experience to students with limited opportunities. The proposed study will produce three benefits. One, it will inform patients, practitioners, and policy makers looking to delay or prevent the onset of cognitive decline. Two, it will bring recognition to the health implications of gender inequality in older adult social activity. Three, we expect this work to motivate standardization of “social participation” measures in social surveys.

项目摘要/摘要 确定延缓或预防认知能力下降和痴呆的方法仍然是NIA的优先事项。作为其中的一部分 工作，越来越多的人认识到，社会参与和社区联系可能会降低风险 这些疾病。不幸的是，这项研究没有提供多少具体的各种社会活动如何 可能差异预测认知能力下降。也很少有人研究老年人的社会行为 参与或其与认知的关系可能因性别而异。 与许多标准调查项目（例如，健康、教育），但社会 参与情况在社会调查中得到衡量，并在实证研究中得到利用。特别是使用社会 参与“汇总措施”（a）可能会掩盖认知与潜在的 社会活动，以及（B）通常包括可以说不是“社会参与”的项目（例如，会见 家庭成员）。这造成了两个局限性：一是不知道哪些社会活动--以及对什么社会活动 这些活动的程度正在推动任何关联。第二，很难比较类似的结果 研究，提高了对有效性和可靠性的关注。 该项目有三个目标。第一，我们将调查社会参与和老年人之间的联系， 成年人的认知功能因社会活动而异。第二，我们将确定将特定社会联系起来的机制， 活动对认知健康的影响第三，我们将调查社会参与与 和老年人的认知功能因性别而异。为了实现这些目标，我们将利用四大 对老年人的全国代表性纵向研究。 博士PI Eric Vogelsang在老年人社会参与和健康方面拥有既定的出版记录 research.该项目的合作者在认知功能研究方面拥有丰富的经验， 指导和国家卫生研究院的赠款在一个“超级”西班牙裔服务机构（CSU圣贝纳迪诺）工作， 项目将为机会有限的学生提供研究经验。 拟议的研究将产生三个好处。首先，它将告知患者，从业者和政策制定者 希望延迟或预防认知能力下降的发生。第二，它将使人们认识到 老年人社会活动中的性别不平等。第三，我们希望这项工作能够促进标准化， 社会调查中的“社会参与”措施。