绘制老年人中跌倒的性别和性别差异:一个范围审查
Crista Sebastiani1, Jamie Yee Xin Wong1, Amandeep Litt1
1School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|December 26, 2023
概括
性别和性别差异在老年人中经常被发现在摔倒研究中. 然而,研究往往缺乏明确的定义和适当的使用这些术语,突出需要改进的方法和包容性研究.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 越来越多的认可性别和性别差异在秋季文学.
- 有关这些差异的现有文献的特征不确定性.
- 需要绘制关于老年人摔倒的性别/性别差异研究的范围.
研究的目的:
- 为了绘制下降的性质和程度,研究老年人的性别或性别差异的文献.
- 确定该领域的研究和实践差距和机会.
主要方法:
- 使用的范围审查方法.
- 搜索了MEDLINE,Embase,CINAHL,Ageline和Psychinfo数据库 (开始时间至2022年3月2日).
- 包括与年龄在60岁的参与者进行的研究,重点关注跌倒和性别/性别概念.
主要成果:
- 包括来自15266个记录的74项研究,主要集中在跌倒的风险因素,发病率,后果和特征上.
- 大多数研究 (95%) 报告了大量的性或性别差异.
- 很少有研究 (4%) 定义了性别/性别概念,只有12%使用了适当的术语;大多数研究 (76%) 的女性参与者更多.
结论:
- 性别和性别差异通常在秋季文学中被报道.
- 未来的研究必须适当地定义和使用性别/性别术语,确保均衡的样本大小.
- 需要对性别多样化的人口进行研究,并制定有针对性的防摔干预措施.
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