早期对战争的暴露和晚年生活的身体功能健康
Steven A Haas1,2, Daniel Ramirez3
1Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
概括
儿童早期的战争暴露显著损害了后来的身体和功能健康,特别是那些在冲突期间出生的人. 这些持久影响似乎源于直接的发展影响,而不是间接因素.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 早期接触战争与不利的长期健康结果有关.
- 在关键发育时期暴露的时间对于了解健康影响至关重要.
- 需要进行研究,以澄清童年战争暴露对生命后期身体和功能健康的具体影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查幼儿时期接触第二次世界大战对晚年身体和功能健康的影响.
- 分析战争暴露的时间和持续时间如何影响长期健康后果.
- 为了区分战争暴露的直接影响与诸如困难或健康行为等间接途径.
主要方法:
- 利用来自欧洲健康老龄化和退休调查的住宅历史.
- 将调查数据与有关第二次世界大战敌对行动地点和时间的外部信息联系起来.
- 检查了客观指标 (握力,椅子上升,呼吸流量峰值) 和自我报告的功能健康 (流动性,日常生活活动).
主要成果:
- 在生命早期接触战争会增加客观和自我报告的功能性健康损害的风险.
- 最明显的负面影响是在战争期间出生或长时间暴露的个体中观察到的.
- 战争对健康的影响并没有受到与战争相关的困难,社会经济地位,健康行为或成人慢性疾病的显著影响.
结论:
- 早期的战争暴露对身体功能健康有着持续且直接的有害影响.
- 这些发现强调了考虑战时经验对于了解欧洲老年人群的健康的重要性.
- 在生命早期改变身体能力的初始发展是观察到的长期健康后果的可能机制.
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