COVID-19 パンデミックの間,人種・民族的に多様な介護者の間の財政的ストレス,精神的健康,睡眠障害
Sunshine Rote1, Phil Cantu2, Jacqueline Angel3
1Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, US. sunshine.rote@louisville.edu.
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
|September 6, 2025
まとめ
財政的ストレスは,特にメキシコ系アメリカ人および非ヒスパニック系白人の介護者に対して,COVID-19のパンデミックの間,高齢者の介護者の精神的および睡眠の健康に大きな影響を及ぼしました.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
背景:
- COVID-19 パンデミックは,高齢者とその介護者のための不可欠なサービスと医療を妨げました.
- 医療の格差のある集団の介護者は,不釣り合いの深刻な影響を受けています.
- 公共衛生の危機における 介護者の幸福感を理解することは 標的を絞った支援に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 最年長者の成人の子育て者の間で,財政的ストレスと精神的/睡眠の健康との関係を調べる.
- 人種や民族 (メキシコ系アメリカ人,非ヒスパニック系黒人,非ヒスパニック系白人) の関係における違いを特定する.
- 介護業務と生活環境が介護者の成果にどのように影響するか探求する.
主な方法:
- 高齢者介護者サプリメント (HEPESE CG) の流行病学研究とCOVID-19家族および友人データセット (NHATS FF) の国家健康および高齢化傾向から得られたデータを使用した.
- 財政 的 な ストレス,精神 的 な 幸福 (孤独,鬱,感情 的 な ストレス),睡眠 の 健康 を 分析 し まし た.
- 非ヒスパニックの白人,非ヒスパニックの黒人,およびメキシコ系アメリカ人の介護者の結果の比較.
主要な成果:
- 大抵 の 介護 者 は 孤独,うつ病,感情 的 な ストレス を 感じ て いる と 報告 し て い ます.
- メキシコ系アメリカ人の介護者における精神的および睡眠の健康と,非ヒスパニック系白人介護者における感情的ストレスの関連性.
- パンデミックに起因する経済的なストレスは,非ヒスパニック系黒人とメキシコ系アメリカ人の介護者の睡眠パターンに影響を与えました.
- ADLの支援や同居などの介護要因は,民族ごとに異なる影響を及ぼしました.
結論:
- 高齢者の成人の子育て者にとって,経済的ストレスは大きなストレス因子であり,人種や民族に異なった影響を及ぼします.
- COVID-19 パンデミックは介護者の脆弱性を悪化させ,文化的に敏感な支援の必要性を強調しました.
- 将来の介入は,公衆衛生上の緊急事態の際の財政的負担に対処し,多様な介護者集団のユニークなニーズを考慮する必要があります.
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