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Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
Yuan M, Chen J, Zhou Z, Yin J, Wu J, Luo M, Wang L, Fang Y.. BMC geriatrics, 2019-05-24
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Background Smartphone use has become an increasingly pervasive part of our daily lives, and as a portable media device, smartphones provide good support for cognitive training during aging. However, little is known about the joint association of smartphone use and gender on the cognitive health of older adults, particularly with regard to multi-domain cognition. Methods A face-to-face survey of 3230 older adults aged 60+ years was conducted in Xiamen, China, in 2016. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score was used to measure both general and multi-domain cognition. Smartphone use was self-reported and the number of the smartphone functions used (NSFU) was classified as 0, 1, and 2+. General and subdomain cognitive functions were modelled on NSFU only, gender only, and NSFU and gender combined by using a series of proportional-odds cumulative logit models. Furthermore, joint associations of gender and NSFU on both general and multi-domain cognition were estimated, and a four-category quantile classification was used to evaluate the total MoCA score. Results Among all 3230 respondents, 2600 remained after exclusion of respondents with very low MoCA scores (below the education-adjusted cut-offs for dementia). Only 29.96% of older adults used smartphones, 473 (60.72%) of which were men. Respondents who had a higher NSFU maintained a better general and sub-domain cognition except for memory and orientation. Although women had lower values compared to men in visuospatial ability (OR (95% CI): 0.46 (0.37-0.57)), they outperformed their male counterparts in memory (OR (95% CI): 1.38 (1.10-1.73)). The results of the joint association showed that women's inferiority in visuospatial ability diminished when they had a NSFU of 2+. However, a significantly better improvement in memory for male was achieved when they had a NSFU of 1 rather than 2 + . Conclusions A higher NSFU was positively associated with increased general and partial subdomain cognitive functions. However, gender differences were found in visuospatial ability and memory, which could be alleviated by smartphone use.
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Yuan, M., Chen, J., Zhou, Z., Yin, J., Wu, J., Luo, M., et al. (2019). Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1151-x
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Yuan M, Chen J, Zhou Z, Yin J, Wu J, Luo M, et al. Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC geriatrics. 2019. doi:10.1186/s12877-019-1151-x. PMID: 31126247.
BibTeX
@article{yuan2019-31126247,
author = {Yuan, M. and Chen, J. and Zhou, Z. and Yin, J. and Wu, J. and Luo, M. and Wang, L. and Fang, Y.},
title = {{Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study}},
journal = {BMC geriatrics},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1186/s12877-019-1151-x},
pmid = {31126247},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1151-x}
}
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Key findings
- Results Among all 3230 respondents, 2600 remained after exclusion of respondents with very low MoCA scores (below the education-adjusted cut-offs for dementia).
- Although women had lower values compared to men in visuospatial ability (OR (95% CI): 0.46 (0.37-0.57)), they outperformed their male counterparts in memory (OR (95% CI): 1.38 (1.10-1.73)).
- The results of the joint association showed that women's inferiority in visuospatial ability diminished when they had a NSFU of 2+.
- However, a significantly better improvement in memory for male was achieved when they had a NSFU of 1 rather than 2 + .
- Conclusions A higher NSFU was positively associated with increased general and partial subdomain cognitive functions.
Study details
- Effect size29.96%; 60.72%
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 45/100
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (BMC geriatrics) |
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| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 2 / 3 | Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 31126247) |
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| Points | 26 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 26 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 45 out of 100. |
| Total | 45 / 100 | — |
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