老年人自我疏忽的性质,流行率和风险因素:来自印度南部维洛尔的一项试点研究
Vibisha Devaraj1, Anuradha Rose2, Vinod Joseph Abraham2
1Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. vibishaexcelsia@yahoo.in.
BMC public health
|April 2, 2024
概括
自我疏忽影响了印度农村地区超过21%的老年人,与低教育和功能障碍有关. 解决这些因素对于改善老年人的护理和福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会医学 社会医学
背景情况:
- 发展中国家的人口变化对农村人口老龄化带来了独特的挑战.
- 自我疏忽,以不良的自我照顾和不充分的生活条件为特征,是一个研究不足的问题,对健康有重大影响.
- 它增加了老年人患病和死亡的风险.
研究的目的:
- 确定在印度泰米尔纳德邦农村地区的老年人中自我疏忽的流行情况.
- 为了确定与该人口中自我疏忽相关的因素.
- 了解自我疏忽与其他健康指标 (如并发症和抑郁症) 之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在印度泰米尔纳德邦Kaniyambadi的10个随机选择的村庄进行了横截面研究.
- 随机抽取了114名年龄在60岁及以上的参与者.
- 评估包括自我疏忽问卷,卡茨指数,迷你精神状态检查,老年抑郁症量表和杜克社会支持指数,以及临床和人体测量数据收集.
主要成果:
- 发现自我疏忽的患病率为21.1% (95% CI 14.9%-29%).
- 显著的比例 (47.38%) 的老年人没有寻求或遵循医疗建议.
- 较低的教育水平 (OR 3.678),较低的社会阶层 (OR 4.455) 和功能障碍 (OR 3.643) 与自我疏忽有显著的关联.
结论:
- 在印度农村地区的老年人中,自我疏忽是一个相当大的问题,与社会经济和功能因素有关.
- 尽管伴随性疾病 (70%) 和抑郁症 (27%) 的比例很高,但在本研究中,这些疾病与自我疏忽没有统计学上的联系.
- 针对教育,社会阶级和功能支持的干预措施可能有助于减轻这一人口群体的自我疏忽.
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