在尼泊尔Chitwan社区居住的老年人中存在心理社会问题-一个横截面研究
Sunita Poudyal1, Kalpana Sharma1, Hem Kumari Subba1
1School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Nepal.
PloS one
|September 19, 2024
概括
抑郁和焦虑等心理社会问题在老年人中非常普遍. 早期查和干预对于管理这些老年人群中常见的疾病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 老年人容易患上心理社会问题,包括抑郁,焦虑,失眠,痴呆和孤独.
- 这些情况显著影响老年人的整体健康,生活质量和医疗保健利用率.
- 积极的预防和治疗对这一群体至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社区居住的老年人中心理社会问题的普遍性.
- 确定这个人口群体面临的具体心理健康挑战.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及Bharatpur大都会城市65岁以上388名个体的横截面研究.
- 通过面试时间表收集的数据评估了抑郁,焦虑,孤独,失眠和认知功能.
- 使用SPSS进行统计分析,使用Chi-square测试来确定与人口统计和健康变量之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 观察到高患病率:67.0%患有抑郁症,60.3%患有焦虑症,53.6%患有孤独症,47.2%患有失眠症,33.3%患有痴呆症.
- 在心理社会问题和诸如年龄,功能依赖,性别,共患病,财务依赖,教育和职业等因素之间发现了显著的关联.
- 大多数参与者 (93.6%) 保持了日常生活功能,但66.5%患有并发性疾病.
结论:
- 在Chitwan社区的老年人中,精神社会问题很普遍.
- 当地医疗保健规划人员应制定预防,治疗和管理这些问题的策略.
- 医疗保健提供者应实施定期查计划,以便在老年人群中进行早期诊断和干预.
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