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经历过无家可归的老年人的睡眠质量:来自HOPE HOME研究的探索性结果
Cheyenne M Garcia1,2, Elizabeth F Schrier3, Caitlin Carey1,2
1Center for Vulnerable Populations, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Journal of general internal medicine
|October 2, 2023
概括
睡眠质量差在经历过无家可归的老年人中很常见,这与精神和身体健康问题有关. 针对健康和社会支持的干预措施可以改善睡眠和整体幸福感.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 睡眠对健康至关重要,但经常受到环境和临床因素的影响.
- 有限的纵向研究存在于无家可归的老年人睡眠质量.
研究的目的:
- 调查与睡眠质量差相关的因素,在一个有无家可归病史的老年人队伍中.
- 这项研究跟踪了参与者,无论他们的住房状况如何.
主要方法:
- 采用了纵向队列研究设计.
- 来自50岁及以上的244名成年人参与了"在中年后经历无家可归者的健康结果" (HOPE HOME) 队列.
- 通过半年问卷和临床评估,使用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数 (PSQI) 评估睡眠质量.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,三分之二 (67.2%) 的参与者报告睡眠质量不佳,睡眠持续时间是受影响最严重的子域.
- 与睡眠不良的可能性增加相关的因素包括中度至重度的抑郁症状,记忆障碍,健康状况良好/不良,多种慢性疾病,功能障碍 (ADL) 和孤独感.
- 至少有一个信任的人与睡眠不良的几率降低有关.
- 目前的住房状况与睡眠质量不佳没有显著联系.
结论:
- 经历过无家可归的老年人表现出睡眠质量不佳的高患病率,即使在重新进入住房后,睡眠质量仍然很差.
- 身体和精神健康状况与这一群体的睡眠不足有很大关系.
- 改善身体和精神卫生保健,照顾者支持和社区建设计划的获取,可能会提高无家可归的老年人的睡眠质量和整体健康.
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