与老年人多重发病相关的暴露因子:在阿姆斯特丹长度老龄化研究中的基于发现的横截面分析
Diana J Mora1,2,3, Jeroen Lakerveld3,4,5, Laura A Schaap4,6,7,8
1Department of Surgery, Medical and Social Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
European journal of public health
|August 28, 2025
概括
居住在有更多绿地和更多汽车的社区可能会降低老年人患非传染性疾病的风险. 这凸显了城市规划对健康老龄化的重要性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康
- 老年学
- 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于非传染性疾病 (NCD) 和多种疾病的增加,人口老龄化和预期寿命增加给医疗保健系统带来了压力.
- 了解影响老年人非传染性疾病的环境因素对于设计更健康的生活环境至关重要.
- 关于与老年人非传染性疾病相关的特定建筑,物理化学和社会人口学环境因素存在知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 检查荷兰老年人中住宅社区环境因素与非传染性疾病的患病率之间的联系.
- 调查建筑,物理化学和社会人口特征与单一非传染性疾病和多种疾病的几率之间的关系.
- 为促进健康老龄化和寿命制定城市规划和政策.
主要方法:
- 使用阿姆斯特丹长度老龄化研究 (2008-09) 中1578名老年人的数据进行的横截面研究.
- 荷兰地质科学和健康队列联盟 (GECCO) 的环境数据与参与者数据相匹配.
- 进行多变量逻辑回归分析以评估相关性,并根据社会人口统计因素进行调整.
主要成果:
- 在500米内的绿地密度较高与单次非传染性疾病的几率较低有关 (OR:0.52,95%CI:0.33-0.83).
- 每户汽车数量较多也与单个非传染性疾病的几率较低有关 (OR:0.14,95% CI:0.04-0.55).
- 对于物理化学环境暴露,没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 城市规划和政策应优先考虑支持健康老龄化和长寿的环境.
- 建筑环境因素,如绿色空间和家庭汽车所有权,可能会在老年人中发挥NCD风险的作用.
- 为了全面了解非传染性疾病,进一步的研究应考虑建筑,物理化学和社会人口环境在整个生命过程中的相互作用.
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