在约旦重新安置的叙利亚难民中对痴呆症和认知衰老的态度:一项定性研究
Lana Bridi1, Dahlia A Kaki2,3, Rawnaq Behnam2
1School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
BMC public health
|November 22, 2023
概括
约旦的叙利亚难民认为压力和创伤是痴呆风险,但社区支持提供了保护. 限制性政策阻碍了这个弱势群体健康老龄化和获得认知医疗保健的机会.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 强迫移民研究 强迫移民研究
背景情况:
- 关于难民的认知功能和痴呆风险的研究有限.
- 在约旦等资源有限的国家,难民面临着重大的健康挑战.
- 在了解约旦难民的痴呆态度和认知医疗需求方面存在一个特殊的差距.
研究的目的:
- 探索在约旦重新安置的叙利亚老年难民中对痴呆症和认知衰老的态度.
- 为了确定认知医疗保健的差距和影响因素在这个人群.
- 以包括难民的数据为约旦国家痴呆症计划提供信息.
主要方法:
- 32名叙利亚难民 (≥55岁) 参加了四个重点小组 (2名男性,2名女性).
- 采访被转录,翻译,并使用感应主题分析进行分析.
- 社会生态模型指导了确定主题的组织.
主要成果:
- 参与者将压力,创伤,低社会经济地位和健康状况不佳与痴呆风险增加联系起来.
- 对痴呆症的恐惧源于对亲人的潜在负担和社会耻辱.
- 在约旦的重新安置提供了通过社会联系和获得资源的保护作用.
- 限制性机构和政策层面的因素 (援助,医疗保健,就业) 造成了健康衰老的障碍.
结论:
- 这项研究是第一个检查约旦叙利亚难民中痴呆症态度的研究.
- 调查结果突出了对痴呆症意识干预和难民年龄友好的环境的需要.
- 数据可以为在资源有限的环境中提供包容性痴呆症护理的政策制定提供信息.
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