与虐待老年人相关的心理健康结果:系统审查和元分析
Boye Fang1,2, Weiyan Ye1, Qi Zhang1
1School of Sociology& Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Trauma, violence & abuse
|November 28, 2025
概括
老年人虐待显著增加了老年人不良心理健康结果的风险. 这一系统性审查强调,迫切需要采取干预措施,保护老年人免受虐待及其心理后果.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 虐待老年人是一个重要的公共卫生问题,已知与负面心理健康有关.
- 关于这些心理健康后果的程度的定量数据仍然有限.
研究的目的:
- 进行定量研究的系统审查和元分析.
- 估计与60岁及以上的成年人虐待老年人相关的不良心理健康结果的风险.
主要方法:
- 在主要数据库 (Web of Science,PubMed,Embase,PsycINFO,Scopus) 进行全面的文献搜索,截至2024年1月.
- 包括23项经过同行评审的定量研究,具有73个效果大小.
- 进行元分析,计算各种心理健康结果的合并几率比率.
主要成果:
- 经历过虐待的老年人患上不良心理健康结果的风险明显更高 (OR=2.524).
- 具体风险包括抑郁症 (OR=2.833),焦虑 (OR=2.495),自杀念头 (OR=2.249) 和睡眠问题 (OR=2.368).
- 对出版偏差和敏感性分析的调整证实了研究结果的可靠性.
结论:
- 这是第一个量化综合表明,虐待老年人和不良心理健康之间有强烈的关联.
- 调查结果强调了针对性干预和政策的必要性,以防止虐待老年人并减轻其对心理健康的影响.
- 结果主要适用于社区居住的老年人.
相关概念视频
Stress and Mental Health
576
Chronic stress profoundly affects mental health, significantly influencing mood, behavior, and overall quality of life. Research closely links chronic stress with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Ongoing exposure to stress can lead to physiological and psychological changes, initiating a cycle of emotional distress and maladaptive coping mechanisms.
Individuals with depression often experience challenges in both their personal and professional...
Individuals with depression often experience challenges in both their personal and professional...
576
Drug Dosing: Geriatric Patients
212
Elderly individuals encompass a diverse population with varying degrees of age-related physiological changes. Defining the elderly presents challenges, as the geriatric population is often arbitrarily categorized as individuals older than 65. However, many individuals in this group lead active and healthy lives, with an increasing number surpassing 85 years and falling into the older elderly category. Physiological changes associated with aging impact performance capacity and homeostatic...
212
Pharmacodynamics in Geriatric Patients: Effects of Age
180
Age-related pharmacokinetic changes are extensively documented, but understanding age-related pharmacodynamic alterations is relatively limited. This knowledge gap can be partly attributed to the complexity of developing appropriate measures of drug responses compared to bioanalytical methods for determining drug concentrations.Most information regarding age-related differences in human pharmacodynamics originates from cross-sectional studies. However, these studies assume that observed mean...
180
Cognitive Development During Adulthood
749
Cognitive development continues throughout adulthood, undergoing significant shifts across early, middle, and late stages. Individual transition occurs from adolescent idealism to pragmatic and adaptable thinking in early adulthood. During this period, individuals learn to integrate personal beliefs with the recognition that other perspectives are equally valid. Exposure to the complexities of modern society, diverse experiences, and higher education contribute to this adaptive thought process,...
749
Aging
568
Aging is a complex biological phenomenon influenced by various processes that affect cellular and systemic functions. Several prominent theories attempt to explain its mechanisms, highlighting cellular limitations, oxidative damage, and hormonal changes as central factors in aging.
Cellular Clock Theory
The cellular clock theory posits that the human lifespan is closely tied to the finite capacity of cells to divide, a phenomenon governed by telomeres, which are protective caps at the ends of...
Cellular Clock Theory
The cellular clock theory posits that the human lifespan is closely tied to the finite capacity of cells to divide, a phenomenon governed by telomeres, which are protective caps at the ends of...
568
Documentation in Long-Term and Home Healthcare Setting
1.4K
Documentation in long-term care facilities and home healthcare settings is crucial for ensuring continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive care for patients. Each setting has its specific documentation processes and tools:
Long-Term Care Facilities
Long-Term Care Facilities
1.4K


