互联网使用模式及其与日本老年人的脆弱性关系
Yaya Li1, Kayo Godai2, Michiko Kido2
1Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, 565- 0871, Japan. li.yaya@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
BMC geriatrics
|March 29, 2025
概括
社交互联网的使用可能会减少老年人的脆弱性,特别是在年轻的男性和老年女性中. 在这项日本研究中,功能性互联网使用与虚弱无关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 数字健康数字健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球老年人互联网使用率正在上升,这对健康老龄化有潜在的好处.
- 互联网参与度和老年人的脆弱性之间的联系仍然未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同互联网使用模式与日本老年人脆弱性之间的关联.
- 探索这种关系中潜在的年龄和性别差异.
主要方法:
- 在日本大阪市65岁以上的908名成年人中进行的一项邮政调查.
- K-意味着集群分析,以确定互联网使用模式:"少使用"",社会使用"和"功能使用".
- 使用日本基洪检查表评估脆弱性;用于分析的逻辑回归,根据性别和年龄进行分层分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了三个互联网使用模式:"少使用" (n=478),"社交使用" (n=261),和"功能使用" (n=169).
- 社交互联网的使用与脆弱性有负面关联 (调整后OR,0.54;95%CI,0.35-0.84).
- 这种关联仅在65-74岁的男性和75岁以上的女性中具有意义;功能性使用没有显示任何关联.
结论:
- 互联网使用模式是不同的,并且与老年人的脆弱性有关,年龄性别差异很大.
- 社交互联网的使用可能在减轻脆弱性方面发挥作用,这表明数字健康干预的潜力.
- 结果是横截面的,需要进行纵向研究以获得因果推理.
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