México
Introducción. La soledad y el aislamiento social son factores de riesgo conocidos para el deterioro cognitivo;
su efecto en las personas mayores (PM) después del confinamiento por COVID-19 está emergiendo. Objetivo. Establecer una asociación entre la soledad y el aislamiento social, con la función cognitiva diaria en PM mexicanas durante la primera ola de la pandemia por COVID-19. Método. Estudio transversal derivado de la cohorte “The impact of COVID 19 on well-being, cognition, and discrimination among older adults in the United States and Latin America”, incluyó 308 AM reclutados de marzo-agosto 2020, la función cognitiva diaria fue evaluada con Everyday Cognition Scale (E-Cog) con un punto de corte 1.31 (cognición normal); la soledad y el aislamiento social fueron variables binomiales. Resultados. La media de edad fue 65.4 ± 7.9 años, 75.7% mujeres. E-Cog promedio fue 57.4 (DE = ± 19.1), 49.1 % tenía una puntuación < 1.31 (cognición normal), 50.9% > 1.31 (deterioro cognitivo). Ochenta y cuatro por ciento de los participantes reportaron soledad, 79.9% aislamiento social. El modelo de regresión multivariado mostró una asociación negativa y estadísticamente significativa entre aislamiento social y soledad con E-Cog (β = -.046, IC 95% = [-.8, -.013], p = .007; β = -.16, IC 95% = [-.08, -.018], p = .003), y una asociación positiva con queja de memoria subjetiva (β = .81, IC 95% = [-.16, -.11], p = < .001) ajustado a edad, sexo y escolaridad. Discusión y conclusión. estos datos sugieren la necesidad de una mayor vigilancia de quienes presentan soledad y aislamiento social debido a su potencial efecto deletéreo sobre la función cognitiva.
Introduction. Loneliness and social isolation are known risk factors for cognitive decline; their effect in older adults (OA) after COVID-19 lockdown is emerging. Objective. To establish an association between loneliness and social isolation, with daily cognitive function in Mexican OA during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method. Cross-sectional study, derived from the cohort “The impact of COVID 19 on well-being, cognition, and discrimination among older adults in the United States and Latin America”, which included 308 OA recruited between March-August 2020 whose daily cognitive function were determined with the Everyday Cognition Scale (E-Cog) as dichotomized score (cut point: 1.31 for normal cognition). Loneliness and social isolation were binomial variables. Results. The mean age was 65.4 ± 7.9 years, 75.7% were women.
The mean continuous E-Cog score was 57.4 (SD = ± 19.1), 49.1% had a score < 1.31 (normal cognition), while 50.9% had a higher score (cognitive impairment). Eighty four percent of participants reported loneliness, 79.9% reported social isolation. Multivariate regression model showed a negative and statistically significant association between social isolation and loneliness and E-Cog, adjusted by age, sex and education level (β = -.046, 95% CI = [-.8, -.013], p = .007; β = -.16, 95% CI = [-.08, -.018], p = .003), and a positive association with subjective memory complaint (β = .81, 95% CI = [-.16, -.11], p = < .001). Discussion and conclusion. These data suggest the need for increased vigilance of those who have loneliness and social isolation due to its potential deleterious effect on cognitive function
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