身体和精神健康之间的关系中的年龄性别差异
Sam Hugh-Jones1, Anna Wilding1, Luke Munford1
1Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|November 11, 2023
概括
身体和心理健康通过生活方式因素 (如运动,吸烟和社交互动) 联系在一起. 这些调解者因年龄和性别而异,突出了针对不同人群改善健康结果的有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 之前的研究表明,吸烟,运动和社交互动都与身体和心理健康有关.
- 现有的研究仅限于老年人,缺乏性别特异性分析,并忽视在线社交互动.
研究的目的:
- 研究运动,吸烟,面对面和在线社交互动如何调解身体和心理健康之间的双向关系.
- 探索英国人口中八个年龄和性别群体中这些调解效应的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自41,995名成年人 (175,779个观察) 的数据,这些数据来自"理解社会" (UKHLS) 调查 (2009-2019).
- 采用调解框架来量化由拟议的调解因子解释的总效应的百分比.
- 分析了八个不同的年龄和性别层的调解效应.
主要成果:
- 运动,吸烟和面对面和在线的社交互动显著介导心理健康对未来身体健康的影响,面对面的互动是最有影响力的 (2.3%).
- 吸烟,面对面和在线社交互动显著介导身体健康对未来心理健康的影响,面对面的互动再次是最实质性的 (3.0%).
- 调解效应因年龄和性别而异.
结论:
- 旨在减轻身体健康不佳对心理健康的影响的干预措施应针对老年男性的身体活动和所有性别的人与人之间的社交互动.
- 防止心理健康不良影响身体健康的策略需要在老年人中促进身体活动和面对面的社交互动,并在年轻人中减少吸烟.
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