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视力困难和痴呆症:老年人和他们的照顾者之间的经济困难
Priyanka Kumar1, Grace Chung2, Emmanuel Garcia-Morales3
1Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Frontiers in epidemiology
|March 8, 2024
概括
视力障碍 (VD) 和痴呆症的老年人面临着重大的经济困难,特别是那些患有这两种疾病的人. 患有并发性VD和痴呆症的个体的护理人员报告增加了财务困难,突出了需要支持的需求.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 视力障碍 (VD) 和痴呆症对老年人和护理人员的经济影响尚未得到充分研究.
- 了解这些财务负担对于开发有针对性的支持系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估老年人患有VD和/或痴呆症及其照顾者所面临的经济困难.
- 为了比较不同的VD和痴呆症组合的财务困难.
主要方法:
- 利用了2015年国家健康和衰老趋势研究 (NHATS) 和国家护理研究 (NSOC) 的横截面数据.
- 采用回归模型来分析VD,痴呆症,并发性VD和痴呆症之间的关联,以及各种经济指标 (债务,财政援助,食品/公用事业援助,护理人员财务困难).
主要成果:
- 患有并发性阴道疾病和痴呆症的老年人获得粮食援助 (SNAP,其他粮食援助) 的几率更高.
- 单独患有静脉疾病或单独患有痴呆症的人,债务和获得财政/粮食援助的几率增加.
- 患有并发性阴道疾病和痴呆症的个体的护理人员经历了显著更高的财务困难.
结论:
- 同时出现的视力障碍和痴呆症加剧了老年人粮食援助方面的差异.
- 患有这两种疾病的人的护理人员面临更大的财务压力,需要综合支持服务.
- 需要采取干预措施,以改善有感觉和认知障碍的老年人及其照顾者的经济福祉.
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