ガーナの高齢者の自己評価の精神的健康の社会的決定因子としての食糧不安
Joseph A Braimah1, Daniel Amoak2, Yujiro Sano3
1Department of Public Health, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA.
Journal of gerontological social work
|September 3, 2025
まとめ
食料の不足は ガーナの高齢者の 精神的健康状態の不良と関連しています この集団の精神的幸福を向上させるには 食料安全保障に取り組むことが不可欠です
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 公衆衛生
- メンタルヘルスの研究
背景:
- 食料安全保障は 全体の健康と幸福を決定する 重要な要素です
- 精神的健康問題は世界的に高齢者の間で広く見られます
- 健康の社会的決定因子を理解することは 標的を絞った介入に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- ガーナの高齢者 (60歳以上) の間で食糧安全保障と自己評価の精神的健康との関連を調査する.
- この集団における精神的健康の潜在的社会的決定因子として 食糧不安を特定する.
主な方法:
- ガーナの3つの地域から1,073人の高齢者の代表的なサンプルを用いた横断的な研究設計.
- 食料安全保障状態と自己評価された精神的健康状態の関係を調べるための物流回帰分析
- 健康の社会的決定要因の枠組みに基づく理論的に重要な変数を含める.
主要な成果:
- 高齢者の64%が食糧不足を報告した.
- 回答者の27%は 心の健康が悪いと答えた.
- 食料不足の高齢者は,他の要因をコントロールした後,食料不足の個人に比べて,精神的な健康状態が悪い (OR = 2.27, p < .001) と報告する確率が著しく高かった.
結論:
- 食料不足はガーナの高齢者の 精神的な健康状態の悪化と 大きく関連しています
- この集団の精神的健康に影響を与える 重要な社会的決定因子として浮上しています
- この調査結果は,ガーナの高齢者の精神的健康を改善するために,食糧安全保障に取り組む統合された戦略の必要性を強調しています.
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