气候变化焦虑和老年人的睡眠问题
Havva Gezgin Yazıcı1, Çiğdem Ökten2, Latife Utaş Akhan3
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Mental Health Nursing Department, Kutahya Health Sciences University, Kutahya, Turkey.
Aging & mental health
|January 17, 2025
概括
气候变化焦虑与老年人的睡眠问题有关. 随着对气候变化的焦虑日益增加,这群人群的睡眠问题也在增加.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
背景情况:
- 气候变化对包括睡眠质量在内的公共健康有重大影响.
- 老年人是易受环境压力因素和睡眠障碍影响的弱势群体.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究气候变化焦虑和老年人睡眠问题之间的关系.
- 量化这些问题在这个人口群体中的流行程度.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及664名老年人的描述性,横截面研究.
- 使用气候变化焦虑量表和失眠严重程度指数收集的数据.
- 统计分析包括独立样本t测试和单向ANOVA.
主要成果:
- 参与者的平均年龄为71.49岁,其中超过一半是女性.
- 在气候变化焦虑和失眠严重程度之间发现了正相关性 (r=0.26,p=0.00).
- 失眠解释了气候变化焦虑得分差异的7% (R2=0.07,p=0.00).
结论:
- 老年人经历了与气候变化有关的严重焦虑,这与睡眠问题有关.
- 气候变化焦虑增加与老年人睡眠问题的更高的患病率和严重程度有关.
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