中年および高齢者の自己報告された聴覚障害と精神的および機能的健康の長期的な経路の関連:老化に対する自己認識の役割
Markus Wettstein1,2, Ann-Kristin Reinhard2, Bettina Williger3
1Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
PloS one
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
老化に対するポジティブな自己認識 (SPA) は,高齢者の精神的および機能的健康に対する聴覚障害の悪影響を緩めることができます. これは,SPAが,高齢化による聴覚障害に対する 保護的リソースとして機能することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 老化 の 心理
- 公衆衛生
背景:
- 聴覚障害は 後年において ストレスを引き起こす一般的な要因ですが 悪い健康状態を 経験する人は一人もいません
- 聴覚障害の有害な影響を軽減する心理的社会的なリソースがあります.
研究 の 目的:
- 老化に対するポジティブな自己認識 (SPA) が補償的資源として機能するかどうかを調査する.
- 聴覚障害と精神的/機能的健康の経路との関連をSPAが緩和するかどうかを調べる.
主な方法:
- ドイツの高齢化調査 (2008年−2021年) に参加した9,705人のデータを用いて,縦断的な多層回帰モデルを使用した.
- 社会人口学的変数,補聴器の使用,慢性疾患を制御した.
- 自己報告された聴覚障害とSPA (進行中の発達,身体的/社会的損失) を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 聴覚障害者が多い人は 精神的健康が悪いと報告しています
- 聴覚障害が増えた場合 精神的・機能的な健康状態が悪化したと報告した.
- 聴覚障害が機能的健康に与える悪影響は,身体的喪失の認識が低い人と,進行中の発達の認識が高い人の間で弱かった.
結論:
- 老化に対するポジティブな自己認識,特に身体的喪失感の低下と継続的な発達感の上昇は 聴覚障害が機能的健康に及ぼす悪影響を緩めることができる.
- SPAは,高齢化による聴覚障害の健康への影響を軽減する上で重要な心理社会的リソースとして機能します.
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