认知功能衰退
认知
疾病
老年学
心理学
社会交往
人口老龄化
心理干预
人口
结构方程建模
医学
临床心理学
痴呆
精神科
发展心理学
环境卫生
内科学
统计
数学
作者
Qingfeng Li,Qianqian Zhang,Shuping Zhang,Mingchao Du,Xia Wang,Shaohua Hu,Lunlan Li
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.11.019
摘要
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of frailty and social contact on cognitive decline among Chinese older patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and examine the mediating role of social contact between frailty and cognitive decline. A total of 205 eligible participants were recruited from a tertiary A hospital in Anhui province, China. A structural equation modeling was conducted to test the hypothetical mediating model. Frailty and cognitive decline were significantly and negatively correlated with social contact. Meanwhile, frailty exerted a significant positive effect on cognitive decline. The indirect effect of frailty on the cognitive decline through social contact was 0.401. Social contact could exert a partial mediating effect on the relationship between frailty and cognitive decline in this population. These findings could help guide effective interventions to improve the cognitive abilities of AD patients, thereby reducing the burden of this population on their caregivers.
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