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热浪暴露与老年人睡眠时间的减少有关
Wensu Zhou1, Qiong Wang2, Rui Li1
1Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Environment international
|December 8, 2023
概括
热浪事件的增加显著增加了老年人睡眠时间损失的风险,导致持续的短睡眠. 女性和城市居民等弱势群体不成比例地受到热量和睡眠减少的影响.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
背景情况:
- 热浪对公众健康构成越来越大的威胁,尤其是对弱势群体.
- 睡眠的持续时间和质量对于老年人的福祉至关重要.
- 关于热浪对老年人睡眠时间的具体影响的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查热浪暴露与老年人睡眠时间减少之间的关联.
- 为了确定与睡眠丧失相关的特定热浪特征.
- 探索潜在的改变因素和脆弱的子组.
主要方法:
- 利用了中国健康与退休长度研究 (2015-2018) 中7240名老年人的数据.
- 评估睡眠时间的变化和使用各种温度值和持续时间定义的热浪事件.
- 采用统计分析来确定热浪暴露和睡眠减少指标之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 热浪事件的增加 (例如,≥P90百分位数,3天) 与睡眠减少≥1小时和持续短时间睡眠的更高几率相关.
- 更强烈的热浪 (例如,≥P95百分位数,3天) 与更短睡眠时间的转变有关.
- 空气污染和绿色空间调节了热浪与睡眠时间的关系;女性,城市居民和患有慢性疾病的人更容易受到伤害.
结论:
- 热浪暴露是老年人睡眠时间丧失的重要危险因素.
- 特定的热浪强度和持续时间导致不同程度的睡眠减少.
- 了解这些联系对于制定有针对性的公共卫生干预措施来保护老年人在极端高温事件中至关重要.
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