症状严重程度概况及其相关因素在少数群体男性的慢性疾病
Moka Yoo-Jeong1, Caroline D Bergeron2, Ashley L Merianos3
1School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. m.yoo-jeong@northeastern.edu.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|January 9, 2026
概括
患有慢性疾病的种族和少数民族男性经历了各种症状严重程度的情况. 诸如低收入,更多的并发病和社会脱离等因素与更高的症状严重程度有关,为目标干预提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 慢性疾病管理 慢性疾病管理
- 关于男性健康的健康差异
- 症状集群研究研究症状集群研究
背景情况:
- 慢性疾病中持续,同时出现的症状显著影响生活质量.
- 了解症状严重程度对于早期风险识别至关重要,但对种族和少数民族男性的数据仍然有限.
- 这项研究通过检查非西班牙裔黑人和西班牙裔男性的症状概况来弥补差距.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定非西班牙裔黑人和西班牙裔男性患有慢性疾病的不同症状严重程度.
- 调查与这些症状概况相关的人口,临床和社会行为因素.
- 为目标预防和治疗策略提供信息,以减少这些人群的症状负担.
主要方法:
- 隐性特征分析 (LPA) 用于从1982名患有慢性疾病的男性 (40岁以上) 的在线调查数据中识别症状严重程度的特征.
- 评估了五种常见症状 (疲劳,疼痛,呼吸短促,睡眠障碍,抑郁症).
- 多项式和二进制物流回归分析了与已识别的配置文件相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 确定了三种症状严重程度:最低 (63.4%),中度 (13.9%) 和最高 (22.7%).
- 严重程度最高的男性比较年轻,收入较低,并发病率较高,药物使用率较高,与最低的男性相比.
- 增加的烟草/大麻使用,社会脱节和较差的自我管理效率与更高的症状严重程度有关.
结论:
- 在患有慢性疾病的种族和少数民族男性中,症状体验显著不同.
- 社会经济地位,临床负担,物质使用和社会支持等因素是干预的关键目标.
- 调查结果强调,需要制定定制策略,以减轻症状严重程度,改善这些弱势群体的生活质量.
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