Department of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Front Public Health. 2024 Sep 6;12:1424465. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1424465. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to explore the role of internet use in the relationship between social frailty and cognitive function among Korean older adults.
A nationally representative survey of community-dwelling older adults in Korea was used in the analysis ( = 8,639).
All types of internet use were significantly associated with cognitive impairment and played a significant role in the relationship between social frailty and cognitive impairment. The advantage of internet use for information searching (OR 0.40, 95% CI 0.35-0.46) was the greatest for cognitive function, followed by internet use for instrumental use (OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.53-0.66). Internet use for entertainment exhibited the greatest influence in the relationship between social frailty and cognitive impairment, with interpersonal communication ranking second in significance. Internet use regulates the relationship between social frailty and cognitive impairment in older adults. The influences of internet use vary depending on the type of online activity and the levels of social frailty.
This highlights the importance of considering various forms of internet use when developing non-pharmacological interventions to mitigate the impact of social frailty on cognitive decline.
本研究旨在探讨互联网使用在韩国老年人社会脆弱性与认知功能之间的关系中的作用。
本研究使用了韩国一项针对社区居住老年人的全国代表性调查（n=8639）进行分析。
所有类型的互联网使用均与认知障碍显著相关，并在社会脆弱性与认知障碍之间的关系中起重要作用。互联网信息搜索的使用优势（OR 0.40，95%CI 0.35-0.46）对认知功能的影响最大，其次是互联网工具使用（OR 0.59，95%CI 0.53-0.66）。互联网娱乐使用对社会脆弱性和认知障碍之间的关系影响最大，人际沟通的重要性次之。互联网使用调节了老年人社会脆弱性与认知功能之间的关系。互联网使用的影响因在线活动类型和社会脆弱性水平而异。
这凸显了在制定非药物干预措施以减轻社会脆弱性对认知衰退的影响时，考虑各种形式的互联网使用的重要性。
