認知症の高齢者の社会的参加と心理的幸福度
Namkee G Choi1, C Nathan Marti1, Yuanjin Zhou1
1School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Dementia (London, England)
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
社会的参加は高齢者に 利益をもたらしますが 認知症は障壁となっています 社会的ネットワークを強化し 鬱病の症状を軽減することで 認知症患者の幸福度が向上します
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 公衆衛生
- 神経科学
背景:
- 社会的参加は高齢者の健康状態の改善と結びついています
- 認知症の高齢者における社会参加の促進因子,障壁,心理的影響は十分に研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 認知症の高齢者と無認知症の高齢者の社会的参加の相関を調べる
- 認知症が社会参加と心理的幸福に及ぼす 緩和効果を調査する
- ソーシャルネットワークと感情の仲介効果を分析する.
主な方法:
- 2023年全国健康と高齢化傾向研究 (N=7,547) を利用した.
- 線形回帰と経路モデリングを用いた.
- 認知症を患っている人と患っていない人を比較した.
主要な成果:
- 認知症は社会的参加と 負の関係がありました
- 高等教育,ソーシャルネットワーク,近所の団結,そして運動は 参加を容易にした.
- 認知症の参加を妨げているのは 医療や交通の障壁や 視覚障害です
- 認知症の状態に関係なく 社会的参加は心理的幸福に ポジティブな影響を及ぼしました
- 認知症は独立して 心理的幸福度の低下を予測します
- より大きなソーシャルネットワークと抑うつ/不安症状の減少は,認知症患者の幸福度に対する社会的参加のポジティブな影響を媒介した.
結論:
- 認知症でも 精神的健康には 社会参加が不可欠です
- 交通や視力障害などの障壁を 解決すべきです
- ソーシャルネットワークを増やし 気分を改善する戦略は この集団の社会的参加と幸福を高めることができます
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