灵性与长寿之间的联系
Ligia J Dominguez1, Nicola Veronese2, Mario Barbagallo3
1School of Medicine, Kore University of Enna, 94100, Enna, Italy.
Aging clinical and experimental research
|February 11, 2024
概括
灵性和宗教性与更长的寿命有关,影响健康和福祉. 将这些方面纳入医疗保健促进了整体,以人为中心的护理,以改善寿命.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 老龄化心理学的心理学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 全球人口面临人口老龄化,需要专注于身体寿命延长之外的整体福祉.
- 长寿受遗传学,生活方式,医疗保健和社会经济因素的影响,但心理和社会层面往往被忽视.
- 精神和宗教 (S/R) 越来越多地被认为与降低死亡风险有关,尽管长寿研究历史上被忽视.
研究的目的:
- 审查现有证据,精神/宗教和长寿之间的关系.
- 探索S/R与延长寿命之间的关联的潜在机制.
- 倡导将S/R纳入临床实践,以提高患者的福祉和整体护理.
主要方法:
- 流行病学研究和科学文献的叙述性综述.
- 分析影响长寿的因素,包括生活方式,社会经济地位和分子机制.
- 检查精神和宗教在健康结果和死亡风险中的作用.
主要成果:
- 流行病学研究始终表明,较高的灵性/宗教程度与较低的死亡风险之间存在相关性.
- S/R可以通过各种途径影响长寿,包括行为,心理和社会因素.
- 在医疗保健中忽视S/R可能会导致患者疏远和低于最佳的护理结果.
结论:
- 灵性和宗教性是重要的,但往往被忽视的,这些因素有助于长寿和整体福祉.
- 将S/R评估和干预整合到临床环境中,可以促进整体,以人为中心的护理.
- 认识到S/R的价值对于改善患者与医疗保健系统的联系和实现全面的健康结果至关重要.
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