在中国老年人中,生活满意度与焦虑症状之间的关联:调节调解分析
Cynthia Y Y Lai1,2,3, Lu Hua Chen4,5,6, Frank H Y Lai7
1Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
BMC geriatrics
|December 15, 2023
概括
更高的生活满意度与中国老年人的焦虑程度降低有关. 这种效应在较低的身体质量指数 (BMI) 中更为明显,这表明结合心理和身体健康干预措施对老年人管理焦虑有益.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,心理和身体因素影响焦虑.
- 关于老年人焦虑的研究是有限的,特别是关于综合因素的研究.
- 这项研究调查了中国老年人的生活满意度,认知功能和身体质量指数 (BMI) 的相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查BMI对生活满意度和焦虑症状之间的关系的适度作用.
- 研究认知功能在这种关系中的调解作用.
- 了解居住在香港的中国老年人的这些动态.
主要方法:
- 一项试点研究涉及来自社区中心的67名老年参与者 (65岁以上).
- 数据收集包括生活满意度量表 (SWLS),蒙特利尔认知评估的香港版本 (HK-MoCA) 和汉密尔顿焦虑评分量表 (HAM-A).
- 测量了体重和身高,并使用回归分析与引导测试测试了适度调解模型.
主要成果:
- 该模型解释了焦虑分数 (HAM-A) 的 23.05% 的差异.
- 生活满意度与较低的焦虑症状显著相关 (p=0.031).
- 体重指数 (BMI) 正面调节了这一关联,特别是在较低和平均体重指数水平. 认知功能没有显著调解这种关系.
结论:
- 增加生活满意度减少了中国老年人的焦虑,特别是伴随着更低的BMI.
- 心理 (生活满意度) 和身体 (BMI) 因素之间的相互作用为综合干预提供了潜力.
- 这些发现支持开发多层次干预措施,用于老年人群的焦虑管理.
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