儿童不良经历 (ACE) 和其与心理健康结果的关联:横截面研究
Aziza Alsawafi1, Akbar Fotouhi2, Samir AlAdawi3
1College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
The International journal of social psychiatry
|November 29, 2024
概括
儿童不良经历 (ACE) 在阿曼显著影响成年人的心理健康. 这项研究发现,高ACE患病率与阿曼成年人的抑郁,焦虑和自杀念头增加有关.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 儿童不良经历 (ACE) 被认为是心理健康问题的重要风险因素.
- 在阿拉伯/伊斯兰人口,特别是阿曼,对ACE及其心理健康后果的研究有限.
- 这项研究通过检查ACE患病率及其与阿曼成年人心理健康结果的关联来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年不良经历 (ACE) 与心理健康结果 (包括抑郁,焦虑和自杀念头) 之间的关联.
- 为了确定阿曼成年人中ACE的患病率.
- 为在阿曼开发有针对性的心理健康干预提供数据.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面研究,对来自大学附属医院的1,648名阿曼成年人进行了招募.
- 为了评估ACE,使用了儿童不良经历国际问卷 (ACE-IQ).
- 疾病预防控制中心的健康评估问卷 (HAQ) 测量了心理健康结果,如抑郁,焦虑和自杀念头.
主要成果:
- 观察到高ACE患病率,88%的参与者报告至少有一次ACE.
- 心理健康结果的流行率是:焦虑 (10.32%),抑郁 (6.10%) 和自杀念头 (4.61%).
- 在ACE水平与抑郁,焦虑和自杀念头之间发现了显著的正相关性 (p < .001). 患有四个或更多ACE的参与者患上这些疾病的几率明显更高.
结论:
- 这项研究表明,阿曼成年人的不良童年经历和心理健康障碍之间存在强烈联系.
- 这些发现强调了对应ACE对阿曼社会心理健康的长期影响的干预措施的迫切需要.
- 建议对阿曼受ACE影响的人群进行进一步的研究和对文化敏感的心理健康支持.
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