I-32 yezigidi zeerandi yeSibonelelo sokufunda ngeSifo se-Alzheimer

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Ukunceda ukujongana nokunyuka kwesifo se-Alzheimer kwilizwe lonke, abaphandi base-Albert Einstein College of Medicine ngokubambisana ne-faculty kwiYunivesithi yasePennsylvania State kunye namanye amaziko, baye bafumana iminyaka emihlanu, i-32 yezigidi zenkxaso-mali evela kwiiNational Institutes of Health (NIH) xhasa i-Einstein Aging Study (EAS) eqhubekayo, egxininisa ukuguga okuqhelekileyo kunye nemingeni ekhethekileyo ye-Alzheimer's disease, kunye nezinye iidementia. I-EAS yasekwa e-Einstein ngo-1980 kwaye isoloko ixhaswa ngemali yi-NIH.      

"Kwishumi lethu lesihlanu leSifundo sokuguga se-Einstein, sikwindawo entle yokwakha kwiziphumo zethu zangaphambili ukuchonga iindlela zokulibazisa ukuqala kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwesifo sika-Alzheimer," utshilo uRichard Lipton, MD, okhokele okanye okhokeleyo. ukufunda ukususela 1992 kwaye ngu-Edwin S. Lowe uNjingalwazi weNeurology, unjingalwazi wengqondo kunye nesayensi yokuziphatha, kunye ne-epidemiology & nempilo yabemi. Ukwangusekela-sihlalo we-neurology e-Einstein kunye ne-Montefiore Health System. 

Kunye noGqr. Lipton, uhlaziyo lukhokelwa nguCarol Derby, Ph.D., unjingalwazi wophando kwiSebe le-Neurology likaSaul R. Korey nakwisebe le-epidemiology kunye nempilo yabantu, kunye noLouis noGertrude Feil Faculty Scholar kwiNeurology. e-Einstein. UGqr Derby ube yinkokeli yeprojekthi kwi-EAS iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Iqela lobunkokeli likwabandakanya u-Orfeu Buxton, Ph.D., u-Elizabeth Fenton Susman uNjingalwazi we-Biobehavioral Health kwiYunivesithi yasePennsylvania State.

Imithwalo kunye nokungalingani kweDementia

EUnited States, ngaphezu kwesinye kwisithathu sabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-85 ubudala banesifo i-Alzheimer's, i-Alzheimer's, unobangela wesihlanu wokufa kwabantu abaneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu. Abanye abantu abazizigidi ezi-6.5 ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65 banesi sifo namhlanje-inani eliqikelelwa ukuba liya kusondela kwi-13 yezigidi ngo-2050.

Njengezifo ezininzi kunye neemeko zempilo, ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga kunye nobuhlanga kuhambelana ne-Alzheimer's. "Abantu abamnyama baseMelika baphantse baphindwe kabini amathuba okuba ne-Alzheimer's kunabalingane babo abamhlophe, kwaye i-Hispanics nayo isengozini enkulu yesi sifo," utshilo uGqr Lipton. “Ukwaleka, ukuxilongwa kuhlala kulibaziseka kolu luntu luvinjwe amathuba ngokwembali. Kufuneka senze ngcono kwaye sifumane iindlela zokulungisa lo mahluko. ”

I-EAS ifunde ngaphezu kwe-2,500 yabahlali baseBronx abaneminyaka eyi-70 nangaphezulu. Ibekwe kwindawo eyodwa ukujonga izinto ezinxulumene nokungalingani, ngenxa yeyantlukwano yabathathi-nxaxheba bayo. Okwangoku, i-40% ayingoMnyama we-Hispanic, i-46% ingeyiyo iSpanishi emhlophe, kwaye i-13% yi-Hispanic.

“Enye yeenjongo zethu zophononongo kukuhlola indlela amandla entlalo anegalelo ngayo ekungalungini kwempilo yengqondo,” utshilo uGqr Derby. "Kubalulekile ukuba sivavanye ukuba ubuhlanga, ubuhlanga, iimeko zokuhlala kunye nocalucalulo zizinto ezibeka umngcipheko wokuhla kwengqondo kunye nesifo se-Alzheimer."

Ukungena kwiTekhnoloji

Kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, i-EAS ithathe ithuba letekhnoloji yeselula ukufumana ulwazi olungazange lubonwe ngaphambili kwingqondo yokuguga. "Kwixesha elidlulileyo, savavanya ukuqonda ngokukodwa ngokuhlolwa komntu kwibhubhoratri yethu yeklinikhi," watsho uMindy Joy Katz, uMPH, umlingani ophezulu kwiSebe le-Neurology likaSaul R. Korey e-Einstein kunye nomququzeleli weprojekthi ye-EAS. "Ngokunika abathathi-nxaxheba bethu ii-smartphones, siyakwazi ukulinganisa ukusebenza kwengqondo ngokuthe ngqo njengoko bezibandakanya kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla kuluntu."

Isibonelelo esitsha siya kuvumela abaphandi be-EAS ukuba balandele abantu abadala abangaphezu kwe-700 yaseBronx ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-60 abahlala ekhaya. Umntu ngamnye othatha inxaxheba kuphononongo uya kunikwa i-smartphone elungiselelwe ngokwezifiso iiveki ezimbini ngonyaka. Isixhobo siya kubalumkisa amaxesha amaninzi ngemini ukuphendula imibuzo malunga namava abo emihla ngemihla kunye nemeko yengqondo kunye nokudlala imidlalo elinganisa ukuqonda kwabo.

Ngeli xesha leeveki ezimbini, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kunxiba izixhobo ezibeka esweni umsebenzi wabo womzimba, ukulala, amanqanaba eswekile yegazi, kunye nokulinganisa ukungcoliseka komoya kunye nezinye iimeko zokusingqongileyo. Abaphandi baya kusebenzisa le datha ukumisela ukuba izinto ezinobungozi zichaphazela njani ixesha elifutshane kunye nexesha elide lokuqonda umsebenzi wokuqonda. Baza kuvavanya kwakhona imingcipheko yemfuza kunye ne-biomarkers esekelwe kwigazi ukucacisa iindlela ezidibanisa izinto ezinobungozi kwiziphumo zengqondo kunye nokuphuhliswa kwesifo se-Alzheimer.

Ukuthatha imilinganiselo rhoqo ngeentsuku ezininzi kunokufundwa kwelebhu ekwanti “kusinika ingqiqo yobuchule bomntu [yokucinga] kunye nendlela ezo zakhono zitshintsha ngayo imihla ngemihla, kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla,” utshilo uNksz Katz. "Ezi ndlela zikwasivumele ukuba silandele abantu kulo lonke ubhubhane, xa ukutyelela umntu bekungakhuselekanga."

Ekugqibeleni, injongo yophononongo kukuchonga izinto ezikhokelela kwiziphumo ezingezizo ezingqondweni zomntu ngamnye kwaye ke, ukuba kunokwenzeka, ukuguqula ezo zinto zinobungozi ukukhusela ukudemeka kwengqondo ekuphuhliseni. UGqr. "Ngokuhlekisa ngamava omntu ngamnye, sinethemba lokuba ngenye imini siza kubonelela ngonyango oluqhelekileyo oluya kunceda abantu bagcine impilo yengqondo kwaye bahlale besempilweni kwiminyaka yabo kamva."

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