González-González Estela, Requena Carmen
Department of Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy, University of León, 24004 Leon, Spain.
Geriatrics (Basel). 2023 May 13;8(3):54. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics8030054.
Two competing psychological approaches for how to care for oneself to stay healthy in old age have coexisted and dominated the scientific literature.
Identify the self-care practices of healthy older adults and establish the relationship between these practices and the cognitive processes involved.
105 healthy older people (83.91% women) recorded their self-care practices using the Care Time Test and underwent a cognitive evaluation.
The frequency and variety of different activities that participants spent performing on a day of the week where they had the fewest obligations are as follows: nearly 7 h on seven survival activities, 4 h and 30 min on three maintenance of functional independence activities and 1 h on one activity that promoted personal development. Older people who carry out activities in a developmental approach showed better everyday memory (8.63 points) and attention levels (7.00 points) than older people who carry out activities using a conservative approach (memory: 7.43; attention level: 6.40).
The results evidenced that the frequency and variety of activities that promote personal development are associated with better attention and memory performance.
关于如何在老年时照顾自己以保持健康，两种相互竞争的心理学方法并存并主导了科学文献。
确定健康老年人的自我护理行为，并建立这些行为与所涉及的认知过程之间的关系。
105名健康老年人（83.91%为女性）使用护理时间测试记录他们的自我护理行为，并接受认知评估。
参与者在一周中义务最少的一天进行的不同活动的频率和种类如下：在七项生存活动上花费近7小时，在三项维持功能独立活动上花费4小时30分钟，在一项促进个人发展的活动上花费1小时。以发展方式开展活动的老年人在日常记忆（8.63分）和注意力水平（7.00分）方面比以保守方式开展活动的老年人表现更好（记忆：7.43；注意力水平：6.40）。
结果表明，促进个人发展的活动的频率和种类与更好的注意力和记忆表现相关。
