ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Mobile Phone Use and Cognitive Impairment among Elderly Chinese: A National Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
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- Short-form video usage and cognitive function among rural older adults in northern China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- The association between the diversity of online activities on smartphones and cognitive function among middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Underlying brain and genetic mechanisms linking historic phone use patterns, visual decline, and dementia risk in middle-aged and older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to investigate the relationship between mobile phone use and cognitive impairment using the data of the Prevention and Intervention on Neurodegenerative Disease for Elderly in China (PINDEC) survey. A total of 21,732 participants aged 60 years and above in China were recruited using a stratified, multi-stage cluster sampling method, providing information on demographics, lifestyle and health-related characteristics, mobile phone use, and cognitive impairment through face-to-face interviews by trained staff according to a standard protocol. All estimates of rates were weighted by sex, age, and living area (rural or urban) in the elderly Chinese population. The rate of mobile phone usage was 65.5% (14.3% for smartphone use). The prevalence of cognitive impairment in non-users of mobile phone, dumbphone users, and smartphone users were 17.8%, 5.0%, and 1.4%, respectively. The odds of having cognitive impairment in users of dumbphone and smartphone were lower than non-users after adjusting for demographics, lifestyle, and health-related factors (adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 0.39, 95% CI 0.35 to 0.45;
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