为衰老做好准备:印度坎努尔一家三级医院的跨部门试点研究
Anand Anilkumar1, Mohammed Haneef Aloodigothi1
1Internal Medicine, Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), Kannur, IND.
Cureus
|November 17, 2025
概括
在喀拉拉邦,为老龄化做好心理准备与财务安全,养老金计划,医疗保险和社会支持有关. 这些因素对于提高印度日益增长的老年人口的福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 健康的社会经济决定因素
背景情况:
- 印度的老年人口正在增长,喀拉拉州的识字率很高,但持续存在的金融和法律准备差距.
- 在低收入和中等收入国家,评估对衰老的准备是至关重要的,特别是在喀拉拉邦等预期寿命增加的地区.
研究的目的:
- 评估在喀拉拉邦坎努尔的老年人中对衰老的心理准备.
- 为了确定人口,健康和财务预测器的心理准备老龄化.
- 在印度背景下探索"心理准备"的研究不足的维度.
主要方法:
- 在喀拉拉邦的坎努尔进行了一项基于医院的试点横截面研究.
- 通过有目的的抽样,对305名老年人进行了自我开发和专家验证的问卷调查.
- 数据使用描述性统计,奇平方测试和多变量顺序逻辑回归来分析.
主要成果:
- 大约68%的参与者表示,他们觉得自己在心理上已经为衰老做好了准备.
- 心理准备的关键预测因素包括感知到的财务安全 (AOR=4.08),养老金计划 (AOR=2.24) 和社会支持 (AOR=7.56).
- 医疗保险显示了一个反向关联 (AOR=0.36),表明潜在的复杂性或需要进一步调查.
结论:
- 对衰老的心理准备与克拉拉老年人群的财务稳定,养老金覆盖,医疗保险和社会支持有很大关系.
- 该研究强调了金融和社会干预措施的重要性,以提高老年人准备的程度.
- 建议使用经过验证的工具进行更大规模的,基于社区的纵向研究,以证实研究结果,并为印度人口老龄化政策提供信息.
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