Community-living older people’s interpretation of the Norwegian version of older people’s quality of life (OPQOL) questionnaire

The aim of this study is to investigate how community-living older people interpret the Norwegian version of Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) questionnaire. The original OPQOL questionnaire was translated based on guidelines for cross-cultural translation. The Three-Step Test-Interview instrument was adopted to investigate how community-living older people interpreted the questionnaire. Data were collected from 14 participants (72–89 years). The questionnaire was filled in under observation. Semi-structured interviews were then conducted to clarify the observational data and elicit the participants’ experiences and opinions. Lastly, data were analysed using a hermeneutic interpretation approach. Our findings indicate that most of the participants managed to complete the OPQOL questionnaire without problems. The data analysis resulted in four primary themes: relevance & applicability, formulation, consistency & accuracy and subjectivity. The questionnaire covered all aspects related to the participants’ quality of life. However, statements related to religion were found to be irrelevant to their quality of life. Most of the participants thought that religion, philosophy and culture should be separate rather than included in the same statement. The participants missed the option of ‘not applicable’ when the statements were irrelevant to them. The statements are formulated in both positive and negative ways, which was sometimes confusing to them. The participants perceived phases such as “around me” “local,” and “things” as ambiguous, and thus they raised concerns about whether the OPQOL questionnaire could capture consistent data regarding their quality of life. The results of this study pinpoint the issues that community-living older people faced when interpreting and answering the Norwegian version of OPQOL questionnaire. These issues were mostly caused by sociocultural differences. Our work provides an overview of the changes that must be made in the questionnaire in order to address these sociocultural differences while using the OPQOL questionnaire in the Norwegian context.     

What is the impact of day care on older people with long-term conditions: A systematic review

There is a lack of robust evidence regarding outcomes for day care use among older people living with long-term conditions (LTCs). Day care is provided by independent, private and voluntary and charitable sectors. This systematic review aims to establish current evidence of outcomes for older people with LTCs attending day care services and outcomes on carers, across all service models. Narrative synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data was undertaken. The review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A systematic literature search was carried out across eight electronic databases and reference lists of key journals between 2004 and October 2020 were searched. Searches returned 1,202 unique titles. Forty-five articles from 16 countries met the criteria on review of title, abstract and full article. There is limited evidence suggesting improved levels of perceived psychological health, quality of life, perceived general health, physical health and functioning for older people attending day care who have LTCs. The respite function of day care resulted in positive outcomes for carers. Studies evaluating outcomes for participants or carers were limited in quantity and quality. There is limited information regarding outcomes for day care attendance for older people with multiple LTCs from existing literature. Further research focusing on LTCs and day care attendance would benefit this field.     

照料失能配偶对老年女性抑郁程度的影响--基于CHARLS数据的实证分析

目的:研究照料失能配偶对老年女性抑郁程度的影响。方法:利用“中国健康与养老追踪调查”2015年全国数据,通过工具变量回归进行分析。结果:相比于没有照料配偶的女性,参与配偶照料的女性抑郁得分更高(P<0.01)。结论:提供长期照料会增加老年女性的抑郁程度。制定老年长期照料政策时应关注女性照料者的心理健康。     

Multiple drug use by older people: exploring the health development and political economy perspectives

The use of multiple medications by a large number of older people provides grounds for concern in terms of quality of life as well as cost. We argue that problems faced by older people are being over-medicalized in a manner that palliates and obscures social causes such as loss of income, the falling away of social support and a discounted role in society. Primary health care is a policy model for the development of health services which offers a credible strategy for addressing clinical problems associated with growing old in ways that also contribute to recognizing and addressing social and structural problems that may be expressed in people's private troubles.     

中国中老年人失能状况公平性与影响因素

目的 分析中国50岁及以上中老年人失能状况和失能状况公平性,并探究中老年人失能状况不公平的主要影响因素。方法 利用全球老龄化与成人健康研究(Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health,SAGE)中国2007—2010年第一轮调查数据,计算集中指数和集中曲线,并对集中指数进行分解。结果 中国中老年人失能评估量表平均分为7.32,中老年男性平均分为6.37,女性平均分为8.21。中老年人失能状况集中指数为-0.190 9,中老年男性为-0.184 4,中老年女性为-0.196 1。对集中指数进行分解后,社会经济地位对中老年人失能状况不公平的贡献较高,包括经济水平、受教育程度和工作类型,贡献率分别为66.41%、16.45%和13.10%。与社会结构因素相比,中老年人吸烟、饮酒和身体活动情况等个人生活方式因素的贡献率较低。结论 中国存在中老年人失能状况不公平,较好的健康状况集中在经济水平较好的中老年人群中。中老年男性失能状况较女性更轻,且失能状况不公平程度更小。经济水平、受教育程度和工作类型是对中国中老年人失能状况不公平贡献率较高的主要因素,提示仅通过促进中老年人健康生活方式不能够有效减少失能状况在经济水平较好和较差的中老年人群中的差异。政府需要在重视促进中老年人健康的基础上,进一步加强和完善适宜的社会和医疗保障措施,将减少中老年人健康不公平作为政策重点,尤其应该向发展相对滞后、中老年人相对聚集的地区重点分配医疗卫生和其他相关社会资源,同时应该加大对中老年人健康和健康公平相关研究的支持,为积极应对人口老龄化和制定政策收集证据。     

青年人胃癌临床病理34例分析

目的　探讨青年人胃癌的临床病理特点。方法　回顾性分析 34例青年胃癌病人的临床表现、病理特点、治疗及预后 ,并与 4 0例中老年胃癌病人进行对比。结果　青年人胃癌与中老年人胃癌的临床表现相似 (P >0 .1) ,诊断常被延误 (P <0 .0 5)。其病理类型以未分化癌及低分化腺癌多见 ( 79.4 % ) ,手术切除率低( 4 1.2 % ) ,预后差 ( 5年生存率 8.8% ) ,与中老年组比较P均 <0 .0 1。结论　青年人胃癌病情进展快 ,转移早 ,改善预后的关键是早诊断 ,早治疗。     

降纤酶治疗青年人短暂性脑缺血发作的临床研究

目的 探讨降纤酶对青年人短暂性脑缺血（ＴＩＡ）发作的治疗效果。方法 将７２例患者随机分为两组。治疗组３７例,给予降纤酶静滴至ＴＩＡ发作终止或治疗达１周;对照组３５例,给予阿司匹林、尼莫地平、低分子右旋糖酐、脉络宁治疗２周。两组于治疗前、后分别采静脉血检测血浆纤维蛋白原、红细胞压积、全血粘度和血浆粘度的变化。结果 总有效率治疗组为９１．６６％,对照组为７７．１４％,２组间有显著性差异（Ｐ〈０．０１）     

上海市50岁及以上人群维生素D水平与握力的关联研究

目的 探讨上海市≥50岁人群维生素D水平与握力的关系。方法 数据来源于WHO全球老龄化与成人健康研究我国上海市2018-2019年数据,采用logistic回归模型分析维生素D水平与握力的关系,进一步按照性别、年龄及乳制品摄入情况进行分层;采用限制性立方样条曲线绘制维生素D水平与低握力的剂量-反应曲线。结果 共4 391人纳入研究,其中男性2 054人（46.8%）;年龄（67.02±8.81）岁;低握力1 421人（32.4%）;维生素D不足及缺乏分别为1 533人（34.9%）和401人（9.1%）。在调整相关混杂因素后,logistic回归分析结果显示,维生素D缺乏的人群发生低握力的风险更高（OR=1.41,95%CI：1.09~1.83）;在男性中,调整相关混杂因素后,维生素D缺乏与低握力发生风险呈显著正相关（OR=1.67,95%CI：1.12~2.50）,而女性中两者之间无关联（OR=1.30,95%CI：0.97~1.74）;在60~69岁及≥80岁年龄组中,调整相关混杂因素后,维生素D缺乏与低握力发生风险呈显著正相关（OR=1.57,95%CI：1.05~2.35;OR=2.40,95%CI：1.08~5.31）,在乳制品摄入<250 ml/d的人群中,调整相关混杂因素后,二者之间呈显著正相关（OR=1.57,95%CI：1.17~2.09）,而在乳制品摄入≥250 ml/d的人群中无明显关联。限制性立方条样图显示,低握力的发生风险可能随维生素D含量的上升而降低,但差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。结论 维生素D水平与握力存在一定的关系,维生素D缺乏人群出现低握力的风险更高。     

Public participation and marginalized groups: the community development model

Objectives  To develop ways of reaching house-bound people and enabling them to give their views in planning and monitoring health and social care.
Strategy  HealthLINK – a project based in a community health council – explored ways of involving older house-bound people in the London Borough of Camden, in planning and monitoring health and social care using community development techniques.
Results  HealthLINK set up an infrastructure to enable house-bound people to have access to information and to enable them to give their views. This resulted in access for health and local authorities to the views of house-bound older people and increased the self esteem and quality of life of those who became involved.
Conclusions  Community development approaches that enable an infrastructure to be established may be an effective way of reaching marginalized communities. However, there are tensions in this approach between the different requirements for public involvement of statutory bodies and of users, and between representation of groups and listening to individual voices.     

大理地区正常人血清TT_3、TT_4水平

对比大理地区健康汉族人与白族人血清总三碘甲状腺原氨酸（ＴＴ３）、总甲状腺素（ＴＴ４）含量,建立本地区健康人ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４正常参考值。方法：对１００７例健康人（汉族６９１例,白族３１６例）进行血清ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４、ＲＩＡ检测。结果：健康汉族人与白族人血清ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４测定值相近,经统计学处理无显著性差异（Ｐ＞００５）;６０～７５岁年龄组的健康老年人血清ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４含量比其他年龄组明显降低（Ｐ＜００１）。结论：经检测得出的各年龄ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４水平,不论白族或汉族,男性或女性,均可作为正常参考值;６０岁以上健康老人ＴＴ３、ＴＴ４含量低于其他年龄是老年人正常的生理变化。