Previous research links chronic health conditions and financial hardship to cognitive outcomes among older Blacks. However, few studies have explored the moderating effect of financial hardship on chronic disease burden and specific cognitive domains. This study examined whether financial hardship (as measured by difficulty paying monthly bills) modifies the impact of self-reported chronic health conditions (e.g., diabetes, stroke) on episodic memory among 871 older Blacks (50+ years) in the 2006 Health and Retirement Study . Financial hardship modified the association between chronic disease burden and episodic memory performance such that individuals who reported very little difficulty paying their monthly bills had significantly lower memory scores at high levels of disease burden compared to those reporting high financial difficulty after controlling for age, gender and education (F 2, 49 = 5.03, p = .010). This cross-sectional study suggests that both financial and physical wellbeing may have joint effects on cognitive health in older Blacks.

先前的研究将慢性健康状况和经济困难与老年人之间的认知结果联系起来。但是，很少有研究探讨经济困难对慢性病负担和特定认知领域的调节作用。这项研究调查了经济困难（以支付月度账单的困难度来衡量）是否改变了2006年健康与退休中871名年龄较大的黑人（50岁以上）自我报告的慢性健康状况（例如糖尿病，中风）对发作性记忆的影响研究。p = .010）。这项横断面研究表明，经济和身体健康都可能对老年黑人的认知健康产生共同影响。