老年人虐待和与晚年耳朵或听力疾病的关联:一个横截面研究
Tino Prell1, Antonia Wagner1, Aline Schönenberg1
1Department of Geriatrics, Halle University Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany.
BMC geriatrics
|February 24, 2026
概括
耳朵或听力疾病 (EHD) 与老年人虐待 (EA) 的更高患病率有关. 解决听力障碍对于有效的老年虐待预防策略至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 老年人虐待 (EA) 是影响老年人的重大公共卫生问题.
- 耳朵或听力疾病 (EHD) 在这个人口群体中很常见,可能会增加对EA的脆弱性.
- 了解EHD-EA链接对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在80岁及以上的个人中调查耳朵或听力疾病 (EHD) 和老年虐待 (EA) 之间的联系.
- 量化EHD与各种形式的EA之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在德国老年人 (D80+) 研究中,分析了2817名参与者 (年龄≥80岁) 的数据.
- 使用老年虐待和情感后果量表 (EACS) 评估了老年虐待.
- 使用弹性净回归和MANCOVA来确定EHD和EA子尺度之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 与没有EA的人 (79.4%,p <.001) 相比,EHD患者 (84.2%) 的EA患病率更高.
- EHD与EA显著相关 (系数 = 0.052,p = .003),独立于抑郁症状.
- 曼科瓦 (MANCOVA) 揭示了EHD在EA亚尺度上的显著多变量效应 (p < .001),特别是恐吓和忽视.
结论:
- 耳朵或听力疾病和虐待老年人之间存在显著的联系.
- 听力健康应该纳入老年人虐待预防计划.
- 早期发现和管理听力障碍可能会减轻EA的风险.
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