营养不良和医疗保健需求增加:来自新加坡社区纵向小组研究的证据
1Health Services and Outcomes Research, National Healthcare Group, Level 4 Annex@NSC, 1 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308205, Singapore.
Nutrients
|June 13, 2025
概括
营养不良增加了急诊室的访问和住院,特别是在老年人中. 在社区和初级保健中早期的营养查可以帮助预防风险人群住院治疗.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 营养不良对医疗保健利用的影响尚未得到充分研究,特别是在亚洲人群中.
- 本研究探讨了新加坡社区成年人营养状况和医疗保健使用之间的联系.
- 这项研究还研究了年龄如何影响这种关系.
研究的目的:
- 调查社区成年人营养状况和医疗保健利用之间的动态关联.
- 评估年龄对营养不良和医疗保健利用之间的关系的影响.
- 确定该人口中营养不良的危险因素.
主要方法:
- 在人口健康指数研究中,来自1703名成年人的纵向面板数据.
- 使用迷你营养评估进行年度营养状况评估.
- 从行政数据库中提取的医疗保健利用数据 (初级保健,专科门诊,急诊室,日间手术,住院).
- 负二项回归与相互作用项分析年龄修饰效应.
主要成果:
- 9.7%的参与者在基线时营养不良,老年人患病率更高 (15.0%).
- 营养不良与急诊室访问 (IRR 1.41) 和住院患者入院 (IRR 1.52) 的增加相关.
- 营养不良的老年人使用的初级和专科护理较少,但与年轻人相比,急诊和入院的增加类似.
结论:
- 营养不良与更高的医疗保健利用率有关,特别是急诊室访问量增加和住院患者入院,特别是在老年人中.
- 建议将营养查和干预措施纳入社区和初级保健机构.
- 这些策略可能有助于减少高危人群中可预防的住院治疗.
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