在受补贴住房的老年人中,社会隔离的患病率和相关值
Richard Wu1,2, Mary Louise Pomeroy3,4, Laura Prichett2
1Medical School, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Gerontologist
|January 30, 2025
概括
社会隔离影响到近30%的资助住房的老年人. 糟糕的健康状况,功能问题和较少的邻居关系是关键的相关因素. 了解这些因素对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会隔离是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题,特别影响住房补贴的老年人,原因是慢性疾病,残疾,低收入和单身生活的高率.
- 补贴住房居民代表了一个易受社会孤立的弱势群体.
- 了解导致社会孤立的因素对于开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查在美国各地居住在补贴住房社区的老年人中,社会孤立的流行率和相关性.
- 确定与社会隔离相关的人口,健康和社区层面的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及近100个补贴住房社区的3000多名老年人的横截面研究.
- 数据收集包括卢本社会网络尺度-6,人口统计信息,健康状况以及与邻里亚特拉斯地区贫困指数的联系.
- 使用后勤回归分析来评估社会隔离与各种变量之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 研究人口的平均年龄为75.9岁,其中67%为女性.
- 近30% (29.8%) 的受访者报告了社会隔离.
- 社会隔离的显著相关性包括自我评估的健康状况不佳,功能障碍,心理健康困境和对邻居的有限依赖.
结论:
- 该研究强调了在补贴住房中老年人中社会孤立的严重流行.
- 研究结果强调了考虑上下文和结构因素的重要性,以了解和解决这一群体的社会隔离问题.
- 这项研究为识别有风险的个体和开发基于证据的干预措施提供了基础,以减轻社会隔离和改善公共卫生结果.
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