自我对衰老的看法调解了慢性疼痛和抑郁症之间的关联
Bin Ma1, Yue Hou1, Mengyuan Zhang1
1School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
概括
老龄化的自我感知部分调解了老年人慢性疼痛和抑郁症之间的联系. 解决疼痛和衰老的看法可以改善心理健康结果.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 慢性疼痛和抑郁症是影响老年人生活质量的普遍问题.
- 自我对衰老的看法 (SPA) 可能会影响晚年生活中的心理健康结果.
研究的目的:
- 调查衰老自我感知 (SPA) 在慢性疼痛和抑郁症之间的关系中的调解作用.
- 为旨在改善慢性疼痛的老年人心理健康的干预提供理论基础.
主要方法:
- 多波,全国代表性队列数据的二次分析 (健康和退休研究,2014-2022年).
- 使用问卷提供一般信息,自我报告的疼痛,对衰老的态度 (SPA尺度) 和抑郁症状 (CES-D-8).
- 采用调解分析来检查慢性疼痛通过SPA对抑郁症的间接影响.
主要成果:
- 慢性疼痛与抑郁症状的增加 (β = 0.553,p < .001) 和较低的阳性SPA (β = -0.122,p < .001) 有关.
- 更积极的SPA与更少的抑郁症状有关 (β = -0.447,p < .001).
- SPA显著调解了慢性疼痛和抑郁症之间的关系 (间接效应=0.055,9%调解).
结论:
- 老龄化的自我感知部分调解了老年人慢性疼痛和抑郁症之间的关联.
- 临床干预应考虑解决慢性疼痛和对衰老的自我认知,以改善心理健康结果.
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