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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1436722
This article is part of the Research Topic Cognitive Impairment and Physical Function in Older Adults View all 30 articles

Trajectories of Cognitive Function Development and Predictive Factors in Disabled middleaged and older adults

Provisionally accepted
Jiaxue pang Jiaxue pang xu yang xu yang qiankun liu qiankun liu juju huang juju huang *pengyao li pengyao li *li ma li ma chunlu zeng chunlu zeng *xiaoqing ma xiaoqing ma hui xie hui xie *
  • Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China

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    Objective: To explore the trajectories of cognitive function development and predictive factors in disabled middle-aged and older adults. Methods: Utilizing data from 983 disabled middle-aged and older adults in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2013 to 2020, latent growth mixture models were constructed to analyze the categories of cognitive function development trajectories and their predictive factors. Results: The cognitive function trajectories of the disabled middle-aged and older adults were classified into three categories: rapid decline (32.6%), Slow decline (36.1%), and Stable (31.2%). Multinomial logistic regression analysis identified age, gender, residence, education, marital status, household income, sleep duration, depression, hearing ability, and social participation as predictors of these trajectories. Conclusion: There is heterogeneity in the cognitive function development trajectories among disabled middle-aged and older adults. Healthcare professionals can implement targeted health management based on the characteristics of different groups to prevent the deterioration of cognitive function in this population.Introduction

    Keywords: Cognitive Function, Disability, Middle-aged and older adults, Latent growth mixture models, Trajectories 1.Introduction

    Received: 22 May 2024; Accepted: 30 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 pang, yang, liu, huang, li, ma, zeng, ma and xie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    juju huang, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
    pengyao li, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
    chunlu zeng, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
    hui xie, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China

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