印度老年人的支持和息护理需求:使用全国代表性调查调查的估计
Terrymize Immanuel1, Naveen Salins2, Benson Thomas M3
1SRMIST (Deemed to be University), School of Public Health, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India. iterrymize@gmail.com.
BMC palliative care
|November 30, 2024
概括
印度大约12.2%的老年人需要息治疗,女性,农村居民和慢性病患者的需求更高. 早期将息治疗纳入常规医疗保健是对这个日益增长的老年人群至关重要的.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 印度面临着显著的人口变化,预计到2050年,五分之一的人口将超过60岁.
- 这种人口转型需要将老年和息护理服务整合起来.
- 在印度老年人群中,缓和护理需求的全国负担在很大程度上仍未得到量化.
研究的目的:
- 估计印度老年人群中息护理需求的流行率和负担.
- 确定与老年人息护理需求相关的人口和健康相关因素.
- 为印度老年和息护理的政策和医疗保健规划提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用来自全国代表性的印度长度老龄化研究 (LASI) 的数据.
- 雇员健康状况不佳或恶化的一般指标来自低收入环境的支持性和息性护理指标工具.
- 进行了描述性统计分析,奇平方测试和多变量逻辑回归.
主要成果:
- 12.2%的印度老年人表现出支持性和息性护理需求.
- 西孟加拉 (17%),中邦 (16.9%) 和比哈尔 (16.3%) 的息护理需求最高.
- 与更高需求相关的因素包括年龄 (≥70岁),女性性别,穆斯林宗教,农村居住,虐待和慢性疾病 (癌症,呼吸道疾病,中风). 高等教育和医疗保险与较低的需求有关.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了使用代表性样本在印度支持性和息性护理需求的第一个国家估计.
- 印度八分之一的老年人需要支持和息护理.
- 息护理需求集中在弱势群体中,包括女性,农村居民,慢性病患者和较贫穷国家的居民,突出了综合查和护理的需要.
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