加拿大老年人的焦虑障碍:专注于土著和种族化的人口群体
Md Kamrul Islam1, Heather Gilmour1
1Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada.
Health reports
|December 19, 2024
概括
焦虑障碍影响6.0%的加拿大老年人,女性受到的影响更大. 原住民男性的概率更高,而一些种族化的女性的概率更低,这突显了对性别分类数据的需求.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 焦虑症是常见的心理健康问题.
- 关于加拿大老年人,特别是土著和种族化群体的焦虑障碍的研究有限.
- 老年人 (65岁以上) 是一个不断增长的人口群体,具有独特的心理健康需求.
研究的目的:
- 确定加拿大老年人 (65岁以上) 中焦虑症的患病率.
- 在这个人口群体中确定与焦虑障碍相关的因素.
- 专门研究土著和种族化人口之间的差异,按性别分类.
主要方法:
- 利用了加拿大社区健康调查 (CCHS) 的八个周期 (2015-2022) 的数据.
- 分析了151,755名65岁及以上的受访者合并样本.
- 采用多变量逻辑回归,按性别分层.
主要成果:
- 在2015-2022年期间,平均有6.0%的加拿大老年人报告了焦虑症诊断.
- 女性 (7.5%) 比男性 (4.2%) 更有可能报告焦虑症.
- 与非土著,非种族化的男性相比,土著男性患焦虑症的几率增加;与非土著,非种族化的女性相比,中国和其他种族化的女性患焦虑症的几率降低.
结论:
- 焦虑症的患病率在加拿大老年人群中因种族和性别而有很大差异.
- 按性别分类的数据对于了解和解决不同老年人群中的焦虑障碍至关重要.
- 调查结果为老年人群的心理健康提供了有针对性的查和干预计划.
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