独立的老年人中倒的保护因素:一个横截面研究
Warangkana Srimoke1, Chamnong Thanapop2, Pimpichaya Sangchart3
1Department of Environmental Health and Technology, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand.
概括
在泰国
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 衰老的流行病学
- 农村卫生研究
背景情况:
- 泰国正在迅速成为一个超级老龄化社会,
- 现有关于老年人摔倒的研究往往忽略了农村环境中的独立个体.
- 了解局部跌倒风险对于在不同社区制定有效的预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究与泰国南部农村地区独立老年人 (60-79岁) 跌倒相关的内在和外在因素.
- 确定特定的跌倒预测因素,以告知针对性,以社区为基础的跌倒预防举措.
- 在特定的人口和地理背景下提供有关跌倒率和相关因素的数据.
主要方法:
- 这是一项涉及325名独立老年人 (年龄在60-79岁) 的横截面研究,
- 通过结构化采访收集数据,以收集过去12个月的社会人口状况,生活方式和跌倒历史信息.
- 多变量逻辑回归分析用于确定与跌倒事件相关的重要预测因素和保护因素.
主要成果:
- 在研究区域中,老年人中跌倒的发生率为29. 8%,大多数跌倒造成轻微伤害.
- 较高的月收入 (调整后的OR=0.47) 和农业就业 (调整后的OR=0.50) 被认为是保护性的社会人口因素.
- 物所有权 (调整后的OR=0.53) 成为一个显著的外部保护因素,降低了跌倒的风险.
结论:
- 这项研究确定了与泰国农村老年人防摔相关的独特保护因素,如收入,就业类型和物所有权.
- 这些特定环境的发现可以指导制定定制的社区级干预措施,以减少落风险.
- 建议进行进一步的研究以确定因果关系,并评估更广泛的人群的干预效果.
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