在COVID-19期间,老年人的日常功能特征和健康:结构方程建模方法
Sara Rosenblum1, Ortal Cohen Elimelech1
1University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
概括
每天的功能显著影响到老年人.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 心理学和健康科学 心理学和健康科学
背景情况:
- 全球人口老龄化为老年人带来了挑战,特别是在COVID-19等危机期间.
- 关于老年人日常功能和健康之间的关系的研究有限,特别是关于过去的经历和大流行.
- 了解这些因素对于支持日益增长的老年人口的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查过去和现在的日常功能因素与老年人的身体和心理健康之间的联系.
- 确定与这一人口群体的健康结果相关的特定功能特征.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及以色列204名老年人 (60岁以上) 的横截面研究.
- 通过在线平台收集的数据,包括自我报告的身体健康症状,焦虑程度,过去的负面生活事件,童年和成年期的日常功能自我实现,功能认知和睡眠质量.
- 使用结构方程建模来分析变量之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 功能性认知与童年的日常功能自我实现和焦虑有关.
- 成年期的日常功能自我实现与过去的负面生活事件,焦虑和身体症状有关.
- 睡眠质量与童年日常功能自我实现,负面生活事件,焦虑和身体症状有关.
结论:
- 每天的功能因素,包括认知,自我实现和睡眠,与老年人的身体和心理健康有很大关系.
- 这些功能方面在缓解晚年健康问题方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 针对日常功能的干预措施可能会改善老龄化人口的健康结果.
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