从两个不同的数据集构建健康衰老指数
Madara Miķelsone1, Ieva Reine1,2, Signe Tomsone3
1Statistics Unit, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia.
Frontiers in public health
|September 25, 2023
概括
研究人员使用拉脱维亚和冰岛的数据开发了健康衰老指数 (HAI). 这一指数很容易在不同人群中应用和比较,以监测健康老龄化趋势.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 越来越多的人口老龄化需要有效的健康老龄化策略.
- 目前用于量化衰老过程的工具往往缺乏易于应用或跨不同数据集的可比性.
- 需要一个强大且可适应的指数来评估健康老龄化.
研究的目的:
- 为构建可比的健康衰老指数 (HAI) 提出一种新的方法.
- 开发一种工具,利用全国调查中常见的变量.
- 创建一个准确反映老年人的衰老过程的得分.
主要方法:
- 在拉脱维亚 (n=420) 使用了来自欧洲健康,衰老和退休调查 (SHARE) 第8波的数据.
- 使用冰岛健康和福祉研究数据进行比较分析 (n=1,033).
- 使用四个共同的子尺度构建了HAI:自主,健康,福祉和活动,并为拉脱维亚增加了一个认知子尺度.
主要成果:
- 成功构建了一个HAI适用于两个不同的数据集 (拉脱维亚和冰岛).
- 在共享子尺度上确定了匹配的项目,包括日常任务的困难 (自主),自我评估的身体健康 (健康),孤独 (福祉) 和社会参与 (活动).
- 该指数表现出可复制性,因为使用了常见的调查项目.
结论:
- 开发的HAI为评估健康衰老提供了有效和可比的衡量标准.
- 该指数的优势在于它基于大规模的SHARE研究及其适应性与其他基于人口的调查.
- 高龄化信息中心可以成为监测老龄化趋势,比较社会中的老龄化过程以及为健康老龄化倡议的政策决策提供信息的关键工具.
关键词:
欧洲的老龄化和退休生活拉脱维亚 拉脱维亚 拉脱维亚 是一个国家.关于健康的调查.活动活动活动活动活动.自主性 自主性 自主性有关认知性的认知.医疗保健 医疗保健 医疗保健福利 幸福 幸福 幸福更多相关视频
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