ボツワナの高齢者の認知障害:横断データから得られた流行,傾向,社会統計学的決定因子

Tiro Theodore Monamo¹, Mpho Keetile², Gobopamang Letamo²

¹Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Private Bag, 00705, Gaborone, Botswana. mtirotheodore@gmail.com.

BMC geriatrics

|August 29, 2025

まとめ

ボツワナの認知障害

科学分野:

ゲロントロジーと公衆衛生
老化の流行病学
健康社会学

背景:

認知障害は世界的に高齢者にとって懸念される問題です
ボツワナは高齢化と慢性疾患の増加により,医療に対する需要が増加しています.
ボツワナの認知障害の傾向とその要因を理解することは公衆衛生の計画に不可欠です

研究の目的:

ボツワナの高齢者 (65歳以上) の認知障害の傾向を分析する.
認知障害に関連した社会人口学的および健康的要因を調査する.
ボツワナの人口の高齢化における認知障害の軌道を洞察する.

主な方法:

2017年のボツワナ人口調査と2022年の人口と住居の国勢調査のデータを活用した.
ワシントン・グループ・ショート・セット (WGSS) の質問を用いて障害の流行を測定した.
トレンドと関連する要因を特定するために,二変量分析とロジスティック回帰を用いた.

主要な成果:

認知障害の罹患率は6.4% (2017年) から22.2% (2022年) に急増した.
この増加はすべての社会人口集団で観察され,最も速い増加は80歳以上の人々でした.
確率が高い要因には年齢,女性の性別,農村での居住,失業,身体的健康状態が含まれる.

結論:

ボツワナの高齢者の認知障害は2017年から2022年の間に大幅に増加しました.
潜在的要因には,測定の変動,文化的変化,流行病学的変化,およびパンデミックの影響が含まれます.
ボツワナでは認知健康介入の強化,より良いデータ,継続的なモニタリングが必要です.

キーワード:

ボツワナ認知障害高齢者流行度社会人口学的決定因子

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