65岁以上工作:与加拿大老年人的心理健康相关的因素
Batholomew Chireh1, Samuel Kwaku Essien2, Annshirley Afful3
1Department of Health Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA.
Clinical gerontologist
|March 1, 2026
概括
65岁以后的工作与加拿大老年人的更好的心理健康有关,对情绪和焦虑障碍有积极的结果. 这项研究强调了老年人继续就业的好处.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 人口老龄化需要了解影响老年人精神健康的因素.
- 传统的退休年龄可能与个人的能力或继续参与的愿望不一致.
- 老年人的心理健康结果受到社会,经济和健康因素的复杂相互作用的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查65岁及以上加拿大人的传统退休年龄以外的工作与心理健康之间的联系.
- 为了确定这些关联是否在两性之间存在差异.
- 确定与工作相关的具体因素和影响该年龄组心理健康的人口统计因素.
主要方法:
- 使用来自加拿大社区健康调查 (2013-2018) 的子样本 (N=65,033).
- 应用了Firth的逻辑回归来分析与自我报告的情绪和焦虑障碍相关的因素.
- 报告的患病率估计和调整的几率比率 (OR) 与95%的置信区间 (CI).
主要成果:
- 有偿全职工作与情绪 (OR=0.61) 和焦虑障碍 (OR=0.65) 的几率较低有关.
- 与工作相关的高压力与这两种疾病的几率增加有关 (心情OR=1.46,焦虑OR=1.38).
- 女性性别,单身,吸烟和多病症与这些疾病的更高患病率有关,性别之间的影响因素在很大程度上相似.
结论:
- 65岁以上的有薪就业与显著的心理健康益处有关,补充了财务优势.
- 调查结果支持"积极老龄化"的概念,并强调需要研究继续就业的动机及其对心理健康的影响.
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