识别与老年人近期住房不稳定相关的已诊断的主要慢性疾病:来自"我们所有人"研究计划的数据
Hind A Beydoun1,2, Christian A Mayno Vieytes3, May A Beydoun3
1National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (NCHAV), Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20420, USA.
Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
|November 25, 2024
概括
老年人的住房不稳定与更多的精神病诊断有关,但心血管和癌症诊断较少. 这一发现强调了需要综合护理策略来解决慢性疾病的预防和管理.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 住房不稳定是获得和利用医疗保健的重要障碍.
- 这种不稳定性可能会对慢性疾病的预防,诊断和管理产生负面影响.
- 老年人是一个脆弱的人群,容易受到住房不稳定对健康结果的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查最近住房不稳定与50岁及以上成年人慢性疾病的流行之间的联系.
- 检查住房不稳定如何与心血管疾病,糖尿病,癌症和精神病诊断在这个人口中的交叉.
- 了解慢性疾病预防和管理策略对老龄化人口的影响.
主要方法:
- 对"我们所有人"研究计划 (入学时年龄≥50岁) 147,465名参与者的横截面数据的分析.
- 在过去6个月内,自我报告的住房不稳定与使用电子健康记录诊断的疾病相关.
- 采用多变量后勤回归模型,调整人口和社会经济因素,以计算赔率比率 (OR) 和95%置信区间 (CI).
主要成果:
- 住房不稳定与被诊断为心血管疾病 (OR=0.89) 和癌症 (OR=0.82) 的可能性降低有关.
- 相反,住房不稳定与诊断精神疾病的可能性增加有关 (OR=1.35).
- 在住房不稳定和被诊断为糖尿病之间没有发现显著的关联 (OR=0.98).
结论:
- 老年人最近的住房不稳定表明与慢性疾病诊断存在复杂的关系.
- 与精神病诊断存在积极关联,而与心血管和癌症诊断观察到负面关联.
- 调查结果强调了解决住房不稳定的重要性,以预防慢性疾病和照顾老年人.
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