在印度的老年人中,护理人员的支持:印度纵向老龄化研究的结果
Atul Kumar Pandey1, Alok Ranjan2, Isha Sharma1
1School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India 342030.
Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
|July 22, 2025
概括
护理人员的支持对印度老年人来说至关重要,但只有12.9%的人获得了它. 年长的成年人 (75岁以上) 在日常生活中依赖,更有可能获得支持,突出了对老龄人口的照顾方面的差距.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
- 在发展中国家获得医疗保健的机会
背景情况:
- 人口老龄化带来了挑战,包括流动性减少和依赖性增加.
- 照顾对老年人的福祉和尊严至关重要.
- 这项研究重点关注印度老年人护理人员的必要性和时间承诺.
研究的目的:
- 检查印度老年人 (60岁以上) 的护理人员支持情况.
- 分析护理人员为老年人提供的时间.
- 确定影响照顾者支持的因素,在依赖的老年人中.
主要方法:
- 利用来自印度长度衰老研究 (LASI) 浪潮1 (2017-18年) 的数据.
- 包括31,336名老年人的样本.
- 采用双变量分析和后勤回归来分析护理人员的支持,护理人员的数量,以及对有移动限制的老年人的护理时间.
主要成果:
- 超过52%的老年人样本 (14,945人) 报告至少有一项日常生活基本活动 (BADL) 或日常生活工具活动 (IADL) 的依赖.
- 只有24.8%的依赖老年人表示接受护理人员支持,整体护理人员支持率为12.9%.
- 75岁及以上的依赖性老年人更有可能获得护理人员的支持 (OR:2.17,p < 0.001).
结论:
- 对依赖BADL和IADL的老年印度人进行了护理人员援助的审查.
- 功能能力下降和随着年龄的增长而增加的依赖性需要加强支持和护理.
- 该研究揭示了在满足印度老龄化人口护理人员需求方面的重大差距.
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