中年和老年中国成年人中的三次数字沟和抑郁症状:差异分析
Danxia Liu1, Bo Zhang2, Jing Guo3
1School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
General psychiatry
|August 20, 2024
概括
三重数字沟,包括互联网访问,使用和知识,与中国老年人的抑郁症状恶化有关. 提高数字包容性,特别是对于弱势群体,可以帮助减轻这些影响.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字化包容数字化包容
背景情况:
- 由有限的互联网接入,使用和知识来定义的三重数字沟,不成比例地影响中国的中年和老年人,特别是农村地区的中年和老年人.
- 现有的研究缺乏对数字沟对这一人口群体抑郁症状的影响的纵向研究,特别是从不平等的角度来看.
研究的目的:
- 调查中年和老年中国成年人 (2011-2020) 中的三次数字沟和抑郁症状轨迹之间的10年关联.
- 检查这种关系中的性别,城乡和地区差异.
主要方法:
- 从中国健康和退休长度研究 (2011年基线) 中对13,446名受访者的二次分析.
- 纵向混合效应模型被用来分析抑郁症状轨迹 (由流行病学研究中心抑郁症量表测量) 超过十年.
- 评估了性别,农村-城市位置和地区的差异.
主要成果:
- 在三次数字沟和增加抑郁症状轨迹之间发现了显著的关联.
- 在这种关联中,根据性别,农村-城市住房和地区观察到显著的差异.
- 互联网接入,使用和技能缓解了城市参与者和中部地区参与者日益增加的抑郁症状.
结论:
- 决策者应该优先考虑"老年友好"的互联网发展,访问和培训,以减少数字沟对抑郁症的影响.
- 针对性干预对弱势群体至关重要,包括老年妇女,农村居民和西部地区的居民,以解决抑郁症差异.
- 解决三重数字沟对于缓解老龄化人口的心理健康挑战至关重要.
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