在COVID-19大流行期间评估老年人福祉的变化:一个纵向队列研究
Djoeke Besselink1,2,3,4, Gerrie-Cor M Herber5, Fons van der Lucht1,2,6
1Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands.
European journal of public health
|August 27, 2024
概括
当COVID-19措施放松时,老年人经历了改善的生活质量和减少隔离. 然而,在整个大流行期间,身体健康状况下降,这表明潜在的长期健康影响.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 尽管COVID-19大流行对老年人的生活产生了重大影响,但在放宽限制期间,他们的福祉变化仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解大流行转折点期间老年人群的幸福感波动对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,评估荷兰老年人 (≥65岁) 生活质量,身体健康和孤立感的变化.
- 分析流行病措施 (政府急性指数) 与老年人的福祉结果之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 使用生命线COVID-19队列数据的长度研究 (2020年5月-2021年10月).
- 七个问卷评估了14682名参与者的生活质量,身体健康和隔离 (0-10级).
- 多变量线性混合效应模型分析了与政府紧迫性指数相关的福祉变化.
主要成果:
- 随着COVID-19措施的放松,生活质量和隔离感得到改善,而随着严格的限制而恶化.
- 在研究期间,体能表现出0.26点的持续下降.
- 隔离中的性别差异在放宽措施期间后减少.
结论:
- 老年人的生活质量和社会联系对与流行病相关的限制和放松很敏感.
- 观察到的身体健康状况下降表明,大流行对老年人的身体健康有潜在的长期有害影响.
- 可能需要有针对性的支持,以减轻公共卫生危机期间和之后对身体健康的负面影响.
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