智利人口的慢性疼痛:风险因素的流行和认知关联
Hernán Hernández1, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales1,2, Agustín Ibáñez1,3,4,5
1Latin American Institute for Brain Health (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile.
Frontiers in aging
|August 6, 2025
概括
慢性疼痛影响了近一半的智利人,随着年龄的增长而增加,并与流动性,情绪和社会经济因素有关. 虽然它与认知障碍没有直接关系,但它涉及到老年人更多的疼痛部位.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 慢性疼痛 (CP) 是一个重要的全球健康问题,特别影响老龄化人口.
- 智利,与其高比例的老年人,提供了一个独特的环境来研究CP.
- 现有的区域性研究往往忽略了与CP相关的情绪,流动性和认知功能等关键因素.
研究的目的:
- 综合分析智利中风的流行情况.
- 确定与CP相关的社会人口统计学和健康相关因素.
- 调查智利人口中CP和认知障碍之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用来自智利国家健康调查 (2009-2010年和2016-2017年) 的全国代表性数据.
- 采用复杂的调查逻辑回归和机器学习技术进行分析.
- 对60岁及以上的个人使用缩写的迷你精神状态检查来评估认知功能.
主要成果:
- 脑膜炎的患病率从46.0% (2009-2010) 降至28.9% (2016-2017),随着年龄的增长而增加.
- 与CP相关的因素包括流动性降低,抑郁,焦虑,社会经济劣势和教育水平较低.
- 在认知障碍和非认知障碍的老年人之间没有发现CP患病率的显著差异,尽管前者报告了更多部位的疼痛.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了智利首个全国代表性CP数据,将其与各种因素联系起来.
- 调查结果强调,CP是拉丁美洲老龄化社会的主要公共卫生问题.
- 强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以改善健康老龄化和减少慢性疾病负担.
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