地域社会に住む高齢者の自己軽視や虐待,死亡リスク
XinQi Dong1, Melissa Simon, Carlos Mendes de Leon
1Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. xinqidong@gmail.com
JAMA
|August 6, 2009
まとめ
社会サービスに報告された高齢者の自己軽視や高齢者虐待は,死亡リスクを大幅に増加させます. この関連性は1年経っても持続し,健康状態が悪い個人に限られていません.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 高齢者の自己軽視と虐待は,公衆衛生上の懸念が高まっています.
- これらの問題の死亡率への影響は十分に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 報告された高齢者の自己軽視や虐待とあらゆる原因による死亡率との関連を調査する.
- コミュニティで暮らす高齢者集団に焦点を当てます.
主な方法:
- 人口ベースの前向きなコホート研究 (シカゴ・ヘルス・アンド・エイジング・プロジェクト,1993-2005).
- 死亡率の確認のためにコックス比例リスクモデルと国家死亡指数を使用した.
- タイム・バリエーション・コバリアート・アナリストは,自己軽視や虐待の報告を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 報告された高齢者の自己軽視は,1年間の死亡リスクの5.82倍の増加と関連していた (HR,5.82;95%CI,5.20-6.51).
- 死亡リスクの上昇は1年を超えて続いた (HR,1.88;95%CI,1.67-2.14).
- また,報告された高齢者虐待は,全体的な死亡リスクの有意な増加を示した (HR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.07-1.84).
結論:
- 高齢者の自己軽視や虐待を社会サービスに報告することは,死亡リスクの増加と関連しています.
- これらのリスクは,認知機能や身体機能レベルに関係なく存在します.
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