博茨瓦纳老年残疾的决定因素:使用通用线性模型的经验研究
Tiro Theodore Monamo1, Mpho Keetile2, Gobopamang Letamo2
1Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Private Bag, 00705, Botswana. mtirotheodore@gmail.com.
BMC geriatrics
|November 7, 2025
概括
了解博茨瓦纳老年人的残疾至关重要. 诸如年龄,性别,教育,家庭规模和社区基础设施等因素显著影响功能限制,凸显了多部门政策的必要性.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 博茨瓦纳面临着越来越多的老年人口,需要制定包容性健康和社会支持的政策.
- 晚年残疾受老龄化,个人情况,家庭条件和社区因素的影响.
- 有限的研究全面检查了老年非洲人口中功能限制的多层次决定因素.
研究的目的:
- 分析博茨瓦纳老年人 (65岁以上) 中残疾严重程度的多层次决定因素.
- 识别与功能限制相关的个人,家庭和社区层面的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用来自2022年博茨瓦纳人口和住房普查的全国代表性数据.
- 采用了通用线性模型 (Poisson回归) 来评估基于移动性,自我照顾和认知能力的残疾严重程度.
- 分析了47,309名老年人,整合了个人,家庭和社区层面的共同变量.
主要成果:
- 个人因素:年龄较大,女性性别,教育程度较低,家庭房间数量较小与较高的残疾相关.
- 社区因素:城市居住和获得电力,互联网和交通服务与减少残疾有关.
- 年龄特定的发现:65-74岁的成年人比80岁以上的人残疾较低;男性比女性残疾较低.
结论:
- 老年人的残疾是多因素的,受个人,家庭和社区决定因素的影响.
- 综合,多部门战略至关重要,应对教育,基础设施,数字包容和社会保护.
- 政策建议侧重于通过解决影响残疾结果的各种条件来创造包容年龄的社会.
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