聪明老龄化:互联网使用对老年人的心理健康的影响
Yulin Chai1, Guowei Xian1, Mengxue Wang1
1School of Management, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang 261053, China.
Journal of affective disorders
|August 15, 2024
概括
互联网使用通过减少抑郁和增强认知能力,对老年人的心理健康产生积极影响. 增加社交频率在这种有益的关系中起着关键作用,促进活跃老龄化.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 数字沟不成比例地影响着老年人,可能会影响他们的心理健康.
- 了解技术影响衰老的机制对于促进健康衰老至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究互联网使用对老年人抑郁和认知功能的影响.
- 探索社会互动频率在这种关系中的调解作用.
- 为数字化包容战略提供证据,以支持积极老龄化.
主要方法:
- 从2020年中国健康和退休长度调查中对6722名老年人 (60岁以上) 的横截面分析.
- 使用了描述性统计,相关性分析,看似无关的回归和调解分析.
- 研究了互联网使用,抑郁,认知能力和社交频率之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 互联网使用与较低的抑郁水平 (β = -0.275,P < 0.05) 和改善的认知能力 (β = 0.300,P < 0.05) 显著相关.
- 社会化频率显著调解了互联网使用与抑郁症和认知能力之间的关系.
- 对于这两种结果,调解效应在统计学上是显著的 (95% CI 抑郁症: -0.034 至 -0.008; 95% CI 认知: 0.007 至 0.022).
结论:
- 鼓励老年人采用互联网可以提高他们的心理健康和认知功能.
- 促进数字参与支持积极健康的老龄化.
- 干预措施应利用技术来促进社会联系并改善晚年生活中的福祉.
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