女性的终身职业与晚年认知表现

Lifetime Occupation and Late-Life Cognitive Performance Among Women.

作者信息

Ribeiro Pricila Cristina Correa, Lourenço Roberto Alves

机构信息

a Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Federal University of Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.

b Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.

出版信息

Health Care Women Int. 2015;36(12):1346-56. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1083027. Epub 2015 Aug 20.

DOI:10.1080/07399332.2015.1083027

PMID:26291386

Abstract

We examined whether women who had regular jobs throughout life performed better cognitively than older adult housewives. Linear regression was used to compare global cognitive performance scores of housewives (G1) and women exposed to work of low (G2) and high (G3) complexity. The sample comprised 477 older adult Brazilian women, 430 (90.4%) of whom had performed lifelong jobs. In work with data, the G2 group's cognitive performance scores were 1.73 points higher (p =.03), and the G3 group scored 1.76 points (p =.02) higher, than the G1. In work with things and with people, the G3 scored, respectively, 2.04 (p <.01) and 2.21 (p <.01) cognitive test points higher than the G1. Based on our findings we suggest occupation of greater complexity is associated with better cognitive performance in women later in life.

摘要

我们研究了一生都有固定工作的女性在认知方面的表现是否优于老年家庭主妇。采用线性回归方法比较家庭主妇（G1组）以及从事低（G2组）、高（G3组）复杂程度工作的女性的整体认知表现得分。样本包括477名巴西老年女性，其中430名（90.4%）一生都有工作。在处理数据的工作中，G2组的认知表现得分比G1组高1.73分（p = 0.03），G3组得分比G1组高1.76分（p = 0.02）。在处理物品和与人打交道的工作中，G3组的认知测试得分分别比G1组高2.04分（p < 0.01）和2.21分（p < 0.01）。基于我们的研究结果，我们认为从事更复杂的职业与女性晚年更好的认知表现相关。