在老年墨西哥成年人中,美国移民历史和抑郁症状
Julián Ponce1, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez2
1Fielding School of Public Health, University of California. Los Angeles, United States.. julianponce@g.ucla.edu.
Salud publica de Mexico
|December 7, 2023
概括
美国移民对墨西哥老年人的长期心理健康没有显著影响. 虽然非移民最初表现出更高的抑郁症状,但这些差异随着时间的推移而减少,这表明了适应或弹性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 美国移民是许多老年人的重要生活事件,可能会影响慢性疾病和心理健康.
- 了解移民对心理健康的长期影响对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全阐明老年人群中移民,慢性疾病和心理健康之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 调查美国移民经历与心理健康结果,特别是抑郁症状和抑郁症之间的关联.
- 检查移民,慢性疾病 (糖尿病,中风,心脏病发作,癌症,高血压) 和老年墨西哥成年人的心理健康之间的关系.
- 分析随着时间的推移,与移民历史相关的抑郁症状得分和抑郁症患病率的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用了2012年,2015年和2018年墨西哥健康和衰老研究 (MHAS) 波的数据.
- 评估了老年墨西哥成年人 (50岁以上),重点关注移民状况.
- 采用统计分析来评估抑郁症症状得分和抑郁症患病率的平均变化,控制健康和社会人口统计因素.
主要成果:
- 非移民在2012年和2015年表现出更高的平均抑郁症状得分和抑郁症患病率.
- 在2018年,在移民和非移民之间没有观察到抑郁症状或抑郁症的显著差异.
- 根据移民史,随着时间的推移,抑郁症状或抑郁症的变化没有显著差异.
结论:
- 虽然在移民和非移民之间注意到精神健康的初始差异,但这些差异并没有随着时间的推移而持续下去.
- 这项研究强调了在研究老龄化人口的心理健康结果时,考虑生命过程差异和移民历史的重要性.
- 进一步的研究是有必要的,以了解移民,慢性疾病和持续的心理健康之间的复杂相互作用在不同的老化队伍.
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