在16年的时间里,无家可归的成年人中与肝脏相关的死亡率超过16年
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
|December 8, 2025
概括
在无家可归的成年人中,与肝脏相关的死亡率每年下降,但仍然很高. 解决酒精使用障碍和病毒性肝炎的问题可以减少差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 无家可归与重大健康挑战有关,包括肝脏疾病风险增加.
- 了解这一脆弱人群中与肝脏相关的死亡趋势对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查有无家可归史的成年人肝脏相关死亡率的时间趋势.
- 确定肝脏相关死亡的主要原因,并将死亡率与普通人口进行比较.
主要方法:
- 从2003年到2017年,一组60,092名在波士顿无家可归者医疗保健计划 (BHCHP) 接受护理的成年人与死亡记录联系在一起.
- 评估了年龄标准化的肝脏相关死亡率趋势,并确定了主要的死亡原因.
- 计算了标准化死亡率比率 (SRR),并与马萨诸塞州的人口进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 与肝脏相关的死亡率占该队列中9.1%的死亡人数 (在7,130人中652人).
- 观察到与肝脏相关的死亡率平均每年减少3.5%,但与普通人群相比,死亡率仍然显著上升.
- 主要原因包括肝硬化 (SRR 3.2),肝癌 (SRR 2.4),与酒精有关的肝病 (SRR 4.4) 和病毒性肝炎 (SRR 7.2).
结论:
- 尽管有下降趋势,但在无家可归的成年人中,与肝脏相关的死亡率要高得多.
- 针对酒精使用障碍和病毒性肝炎的有针对性的干预措施对于缓解这些差异至关重要.
- 公共卫生战略应专注于解决这些特定情况,以改善这一群体的肝脏健康结果.
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