在60岁或以上的美国男性中,自我感知到的导致功能限制的身体和心理健康问题的趋势
Maximilian Andreas Storz1, Alvaro Luis Ronco2, Roman Huber1
1Department of Internal Medicine II, Centre for Complementary Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
概括
老年男性经常因为关节炎和背部/部问题而经历功能限制. 这些情况正在增加,特别是在老年人群中,这突显了对老年男性的流动性日益关注的公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 了解老年男性的功能能力对于医疗保健和政策制定至关重要.
- 确定影响老年男性日常生活的关键健康问题至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析60岁及以上美国男性自我感知的身体和精神健康问题的趋势,导致功能限制.
- 检查2011年至2018年间国家健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES) 的数据.
主要方法:
- 分析了2494名60岁及以上的美国男性的数据.
- 评估自我报告的健康问题,有助于功能限制.
- 对趋势和年龄相关差异的统计分析.
主要成果:
- 关节炎/风湿症 (20.54%) 和背部/部问题 (17.75%) 是导致功能限制的最常见问题.
- 从2011-2012年到2017-2018年,关节炎/风湿症导致限制的患病率增加了9% (p=0.028).
- 80岁及以上的男性报告说,与60岁的男性相比,导致功能困难的健康问题增加了1.81倍 (p<0.001).
结论:
- 老年男性的常见功能限制源于肌肉骨问题,如关节炎和背部/部问题.
- 公共卫生专注于诸如心血管疾病之类的疾病可能会忽视老年男性普遍存在的功能限制.
- 趋势表明,由于老年男性的特定健康状况,功能限制的负担正在增加.
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