在社区生活的老年人中,老年人虐待,抑郁,焦虑和压力
Melike Yalçın Gürsoy1, Sabriye Uçan Yamaç2
1Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
概括
老年人虐待很普遍,并且与老年人的抑郁,焦虑和压力有很强的联系. 卫生专业人员应对老年人进行虐待和心理健康症状的查.
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:
- 虐待老年人是一个重大的公共卫生问题,与不良的身体和心理结果有关.
- 现有的文献强调了虐待老年人和各种心理健康症状之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查虐待老年人和抑郁症,焦虑和压力的症状之间的关系.
- 确定社区居住的老年人中老年人虐待和心理健康问题的普遍性.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及729名老年人的横截面研究.
- 通过面对面的采访和调查收集数据,使用老年虐待量表 (GMS) 和抑郁焦虑压力量表-21 (DASS-21).
- 多变量回归分析,以评估虐待老年人和心理健康结果之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 20.9%的参与者至少经历过一种老年虐待形式,心理虐待是最常见的 (18.2%).
- 中度至重度抑郁,焦虑和压力的患病率分别为17.1%,16%和10%.
- 忽视和经济虐待显著影响了抑郁症;心理和经济虐待,以及忽视,影响了焦虑;心理和经济虐待影响了压力.
结论:
- 在老年人群中观察到高频率的虐待老年人和精神健康问题,如抑郁症,焦虑和压力.
- 不同形式的老年虐待与老年人的心理健康之间存在着显著的关系.
- 敦促医疗保健专业人员使用经过验证的工具对老年人虐待和相关的心理健康症状进行查.
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