女性退伍军人作为护理人员:使用BRFSS的女性非退伍军人的特征和比较
Amy Henion1,2, Amanda Cheney1,2, Mary Jo Pugh1,2,3
1Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Journal of women & aging
|November 9, 2024
概括
女性退伍军人和非退伍军人女性同样有可能成为护理人员. 然而,提供护理的年轻女性退伍军人报告了更高的精神困扰率,表明需要有针对性的支持.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 退伍军人经常需要由于与服务相关的条件而得到支持,并作为非正式的照顾者.
- 了解女性退伍军人护理人员面临的独特挑战,对于开发有效的支持系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定女性退伍军人中照顾者的普遍程度,并将他们的特征和健康结果与非退伍军人女性进行比较.
- 为了确定女性退伍军人护理人员所经历的特定健康差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自2021-2022年行为风险因素监测系统的基于人口的数据.
- 分析了来自4,179名女性退伍军人和160,307名女性非退伍军人的数据.
- 计算的加权流行率估计和调整的流行率对健康结果.
主要成果:
- 大约23%的女性退伍军人和非退伍军人担任护理人员.
- 与非退伍军人护理人员相比,女性退伍军人护理人员报告的慢性健康状况 (63%对57%),残疾 (39%对35%) 和频繁的精神困扰 (27%对22%) 的患病率更高.
- 年轻的女性退伍军人护理人员 (18-44岁) 显示频繁精神困扰的可能性明显更高 (PR = 1.49).
结论:
- 女性退伍军人在照顾角色上与非退伍军人女性相似.
- 年轻的女性退伍军人护理人员经历了不成比例的更高的精神困扰,可能与军事经验和并发症有关.
- 对于女性退伍军人护理人员来说,对护理地位的常规评估和有针对性的支持服务,包括心理健康护理,至关重要.
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