收养和差异在远程医疗准备:一个国家研究
Jorge M Rodríguez-Fernández1, Nicolas Hoertel2,3,4, Hugo Saner5
1Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
International journal of aging & human development
|December 19, 2023
概括
文化融合对老年人远程医疗的使用产生了重大影响. 西班牙裔和亚洲/太平洋岛屿移民的收养率较低,原因包括语言障碍和移民时的年龄.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,老年人中远程医疗的采用激增.
- 了解不同老年人群中远程医疗采用的差异至关重要.
- 融入文化是影响移民老年人获得医疗保健的关键因素.
研究的目的:
- 评估适应文化对远程医疗准备和在老年成年移民中接受远程医疗的影响.
- 为了比较不同种族和种族群体的远程医疗采用率.
- 确定特定的与适应文化有关的因素,影响老年移民的远程医疗使用.
主要方法:
- 利用了2018年国家健康和衰老趋势研究的数据.
- 采访了303名65岁及以上的参与者.
- 评估了远程医疗的准备和采用,分析了种族和族裔对融入文化的影响.
主要成果:
- 与非西班牙裔白人移民相比,西班牙裔和亚洲/太平洋岛民 (API) 移民群体的远程医疗准备和吸收率明显较低.
- 有限的英语水平与西班牙裔和API群体的远程医疗准备和采用程度较低有关.
- 移民时的年龄较大也与西班牙裔和API老年人中远程医疗采用的减少有关.
结论:
- 融合因素显著影响美国老年成年移民中远程医疗的普及.
- 医疗保健提供者和政策制定者必须在为各种老年人群实施远程医疗时考虑适应文化.
- 需要针对性战略来解决语言和与移民有关的障碍,以改善移民老年人获得公平的远程医疗.
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