父母离婚的长时间阴影:美国老年人中风风险增加
Mary Kate Schilke1, Philip Baiden2, Esme Fuller-Thomson3,4,5,6
1Department of Psychology, Tyndale University, North York, Ontario, Canada.
PloS one
|January 22, 2025
概括
儿童时期的父母离婚与年龄较大的成人中风风险更高有关,即使没有童年虐待. 这种关联在男性和女性中都被观察到,突出显示了显著的长期健康影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 不利的童年经历与慢性健康问题有关,但父母离婚对中风风险的具体影响,不包括其他虐待,理解程度较低.
- 父母离婚是一个重要的童年逆境,具有潜在的长期心理和生理后果.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年父母离婚和中风之间的关系,在没有虐待儿童史的老年人中.
- 为了检查父母离婚和中风之间的关联是否在男性和女性之间有所不同.
主要方法:
- 利用了2022年行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 的基于人口的数据.
- 分析了13,205名65岁及以上的成年人的样本,不包括那些在童年时期遭受身体或性虐待的人.
- 采用二进制逻辑回归来评估父母离婚和医生诊断的中风之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 与没有父母离婚的人相比,经历父母离婚的个人报告中风的几率高出1.61倍 (AOR = 1.61,95% CI = 1.15-2.24).
- 父母离婚和中风之间的关联并没有显著依赖于性别.
- 男性的中风几率比女性高1.47倍,无论父母离婚情况如何 (AOR = 1.47,95% CI = 1.11-1.93).
结论:
- 在没有童年虐待的个人中,童年父母离婚与老年成人中中风风险增加有关.
- 研究结果表明,父母离婚可能是长期心血管健康轨迹的重要因素.
- 儿童贫困,睡眠卫生和高血压等潜在的缓和变量需要进一步调查.
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