Cohn-Schwartz Ella, Finlay Jessica M, Kobayashi Lindsay C
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Community Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva Israel.
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health Department of Epidemiology University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor Michigan USA.
J Soc Issues. 2022 Aug 7. doi: 10.1111/josi.12544.
The cognitive health of older adults since the COVID-19 pandemic onset is unclear, as is the potential impact of pandemic-associated societal ageism on perceived cognition. We investigated associations between perceptions of societal ageism and changes in subjective memory over a 10-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected longitudinal data from monthly online questionnaires in the nationwide COVID-19 Coping Study of US adults aged ≥55 from April 2020 to January 2021 (N = 4444). We analyzed the data using multivariable longitudinal multilevel models. We identified an overall decline in subjective memory, especially in the initial months of the pandemic. Adults who perceived that societal respect for older adults decreased during the pandemic experienced more rapid declines in their subjective memory. These findings suggest that aging adults perceived a decline in their memory, especially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Societal interventions to combat ageism may help improve subjective memory and could decrease risk for cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults.
自新冠疫情爆发以来，老年人的认知健康状况尚不明朗，与疫情相关的社会年龄歧视对认知的潜在影响也是如此。我们调查了新冠疫情期间社会年龄歧视观念与主观记忆变化之间在10个月内的关联。我们从2020年4月至2021年1月对美国年龄≥55岁的成年人进行的全国性新冠应对研究中，通过每月在线问卷收集纵向数据（N = 4444）。我们使用多变量纵向多层次模型分析数据。我们发现主观记忆总体下降，尤其是在疫情最初几个月。那些认为疫情期间社会对老年人尊重减少的成年人，其主观记忆下降得更快。这些发现表明，老年人感觉自己的记忆力下降了，尤其是在新冠疫情最初几个月。对抗年龄歧视的社会干预措施可能有助于改善主观记忆，并可能降低中老年人认知衰退的风险。
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