Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Apr;43(4):396-401. doi: 10.1177/07334648231203840. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
This study assessed the extent to which associations between perceived and received social support from family and friends and changes in older adults' cognitive function were moderated by educational attainment. Sibling pairs in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) ( = 4,297) completed a survey about social support in 2011 and a cognitive battery in 2011 and 2020. Participants' mean age in 2020 was 80.2 years old. Multilevel linear regressions indicated that perceived, but not received, support from friends was associated with better cognitive function 9 years later. Perceived family support was cognitively advantageous for older adults at most levels of educational attainment. However, among postgraduates, perceived family support was unrelated to cognitive function. That the association between perceived support and cognitive function differs based on educational attainment gives interventionists additional information needed to identify groups of older adults most susceptible to cognitive impairment.
本研究评估了感知到的和来自家人和朋友的实际支持与老年人认知功能变化之间的关联程度，在多大程度上受到教育程度的调节。威斯康星纵向研究（WLS）中的兄弟姐妹对（n=4297）在 2011 年完成了一项关于社会支持的调查，并在 2011 年和 2020 年完成了认知测试。2020 年参与者的平均年龄为 80.2 岁。多层次线性回归表明，9 年后，来自朋友的感知支持与更好的认知功能相关。在大多数教育程度上，感知到的家庭支持对老年人具有认知优势。然而，在研究生中，感知到的家庭支持与认知功能无关。感知支持与认知功能之间的关联因教育程度而异，这为干预者提供了识别最易受认知障碍影响的老年人群体所需的额外信息。
