在居住在社区的老年巴勒斯坦成年人中,身体活动和抑郁症之间的相关性
Hadeel Halaweh1, Amal Al-Khateeb1, Aya Rasheed1
1Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
概括
身体活动 (PA) 与巴勒斯坦老年人的抑郁症状较少有关. 定期炼可能有助于预防这一群体的抑郁症.
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:
- 身体活动 (PA) 和抑郁症状之间的关系是全球公认的,但在老年巴勒斯坦成年人中没有得到充分研究.
- 这项研究解决了这一特定人口群体中理解心理健康决定因素的关键差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查巴勒斯坦老年人身体活动水平和抑郁症状之间的关联.
- 为有针对性的卫生干预提供基于证据的见解.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及西岸,巴勒斯坦266名参与者的横截面研究.
- 数据收集使用了社会文化适应的PA问卷,EuroQuol-5Dimensions-5Levels和老年抑郁量表 (GDS-15).
- 统计分析包括t测试,ANOVA和多重线性回归来检查PA和抑郁症状关系.
主要成果:
- 在女性,65岁及以上的个体以及那些被诊断出患有疾病的人群中观察到较低的PA和较高的抑郁症状 (p < 0.05).
- 在PA和GDS-15分数之间发现了显著的负相关性 (β = -0.235,p < 0.001).
- 在对年龄和性别进行控制后,这种关联仍然显著 (β = 0.192,p = 0.002;β = 0.14,p = 0.015).
结论:
- 患有较高抑郁症状的老年人表现出较低的身体活动水平.
- 定期进行中等强度的有氧运动显示了预防老年人抑郁症状的潜力.
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