COVID-19 パンデミック中の高齢者の身体機能の変化に影響を与えるジェンダー特有の要因
Kaori Teraoka1, Taishi Tsuji2, Takafumi Monma2
1Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Japan University of Health Sciences, 2-555, Hirasuga, Satte-City, Saitama, 340-0145, Japan. k-teraoka@jhsu.ac.jp.
Scientific reports
|August 31, 2025
まとめ
COVID-19 パンデミック中の高齢者の身体機能の変化は,性別によって異なります. 低教育が男性に影響する
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 の 社会 医学 的 な 面
背景:
- COVID-19 パンデミックは,高齢者の身体機能に影響を与える行動制限を課しました.
- 身体機能の縦断的な個人レベルの変化,特に性別の違いに関する研究は限られている.
- これらの変化を理解することは,公衆衛生危機における 標的を絞った介入に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- COVID-19 パンデミックの間,コミュニティに住む高齢者の身体機能の縦断的な変化に関連したジェンダー特有の要因を調査する.
- 男性と女性の身体機能の軌道を左右する個々の特徴を特定する.
- 高齢者のためのジェンダーに配慮した支援戦略の策定を促す.
主な方法:
- 2019年から2021年までの日本における242人の高齢者 (111人の男性,131人の女性) の長期的研究.
- 身体機能は,タイムアップ・アンド・ゴー (TUG) テストと5mの通常の歩行速度で評価される.
- 個人の特徴 (教育,経済的地位,活動,生活様式) と身体機能の変化との関連を分析するために使用される線形混合効果モデル.
主要な成果:
- 男性では,12年未満の教育と,パンデミック以前のより高いレジャー活動が,TUGの成績の低下と関連していた.
- 女性が一人暮らしをすると 歩行速度が5m向上するそうです
- 身体機能の変化は,個々の要因によって影響された重要なジェンダー特有のパターンを示した.
結論:
- パンデミック中の身体機能の変化は均一ではなく,性別や個人の特徴によって著しく変化しました.
- 公衆衛生上の緊急事態において 高齢者の身体機能を維持するために 対象を絞り,ジェンダーに配慮した戦略は不可欠です.
- この研究は,多様な集団の健康的な老化を支援するための個別化されたアプローチの必要性を強調しています.
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