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Nia Morrish1, Anne Spencer2, Antonieta Medina-Lara1
1Public Health Economics Group, Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, St Luke's Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|September 3, 2025
まとめ
孤独は健康と幸福に 大きな影響を及ぼし 医療費は平均で900ポンド増加します これは特に若い成人に当てはまり, ターゲットを絞った介入の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 健康 経済
- ゲロントロジー
背景:
- 孤独感は健康や福祉 そして経済に 深刻な影響を及ぼす公衆衛生上の問題として 増加しています
- 世界保健機関 (WHO) は 孤独 を 健康 な 老化 の 主要 な 要因 と し て 特定 し て い ます.
- 孤独がもたらす経済的負担を 理解することが重要です
研究 の 目的:
- 英国における孤独と関連した健康と経済的結果を評価する.
- 孤独が健康に及ぼす影響について 年齢別分析を行いました
- 孤独への介入が 最も効果的になる年齢層を 特定するためです
主な方法:
- 英国の家庭長期調査 (n=23,071) の第13波 (2021-2023) のデータを活用した.
- UCLAの3項目のスケールを使用して孤独を評価し,精神的幸福度 (GHQ,SWEMWBS) と身体的機能 (SF-12) を含む結果を測定しました.
- 医療費 (GP,門診,入院) を推定し,共変数に調整するために,一般的線形モデルとサブグループ分析を適用した.
主要な成果:
- 孤独感は 精神的苦痛の増大と ポジティブな精神的幸福の低下 身体的・精神的な機能の低下 そして医療の利用率の上昇と 関連しています
- 孤独な人と孤独でない人の間には 約900ポンドの医療費の差があります
- 孤独感に関連した医療費は 年齢に合わせて U型に変化します 年齢16歳から24歳までの若年層と高齢者層の医療費が最も高く 全てのモデルで若年層の医療費は統計的に有意です
結論:
- 孤独は医療制度に重大な経済的負担を及ぼし,特に若者に影響を及ぼします.
- 若者の孤独への介入を ターゲットにすることが 彼らの健康と福祉を改善し 医療サービスの過剰利用を 減らすために不可欠です
- 孤独とその介入のさらなる経済的評価は,年齢特有の影響に焦点を当てて正当化されています.
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