长期护理设施中的老年人群的生活质量:前性观察研究,解决老年人支持系统中的当代挑战和持久障碍
Surya Kalamegam1, Akshaya Damodaran2, Pankaj B Shah2
1Department of Community Medicine, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Journal of mid-life health
|May 7, 2025
概括
长期护理 (LTC) 设施中老年居民的生活质量通过社会支持和自主性得到改善. 解决健康问题和社会隔离对于提高LTC环境中的福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 长期护理 (LTC) 设施中的生活质量 (QOL) 是多方面的,涉及社会互动,健康和支持系统.
- 全球人口老龄化需要了解影响老年LTC居民质量生活的因素,以改善护理和福祉.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查在印度奈的LTC设施中老年人的QOL.
- 确定影响该人口身体,心理和社会福祉的因素.
- 为LTC居民提供量身定制的护理策略.
主要方法:
- 这是一项为期两年的横截面研究,涉及302名60岁以上的参与者,这些参与者在奈的LTC设施中工作.
- 使用结构化问卷评估社会人口统计数据,健康状况和使用WHOQOL-BREF规模的QOL.
- 使用SPSS分析的数据与描述和推断统计数据.
主要成果:
- 在有健康问题,社会隔离和缺乏个性化护理的居民中观察到较低的QOL分数.
- 较高的QOL与持续的社会支持和保持自主性有关.
- 这些发现与之前的研究一致,强调了社会参与和足够的护理时间的重要性.
结论:
- 加强支持系统,组织社会活动,以及在LTC设施中提供足够的人员,对于提高老年人QOL至关重要.
- 创造一个更加支持和充实的环境对于居民的福祉至关重要.
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