University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
J Aging Health. 2013 Sep;25(6):921-43. doi: 10.1177/0898264313497510. Epub 2013 Aug 14.
The study examined the relationships between social contact types and psychological distress among mid-older adults.
Self-completed data from 236,490 Australian adults aged 45+ years.
There was a consistent relationship between increased frequency in phone contacts, social visits, and social group contacts and reduced risk of psychological distress adjusted for demographic and health factors. However, stratified analyses by age showed, with one exception, that no significant associations were found between social group contact frequency and risk of psychological distress for those aged 85 years and older. Furthermore, significant interaction terms revealed that women experience a steeper reduction in risk than men at age 65 to 74 years and 75 to 84 years compared with those aged 45 to 64 years.
Social contacts have age and gender differential effects on psychological distress of mid-older Australian adults. Interventions addressing social interaction need to be sensitive to gender and age differences.
本研究探讨了中年老年人社会接触类型与心理困扰之间的关系。
来自 236490 名 45 岁及以上澳大利亚成年人的自我报告数据。
在调整了人口统计学和健康因素后，电话联系、社交访问和社交团体联系频率的增加与心理困扰风险的降低之间存在一致关系。然而，按年龄分层分析表明，除了一个例外，对于 85 岁及以上的老年人，社交团体联系频率与心理困扰风险之间没有显著关联。此外，显著的交互项表明，与 45 至 64 岁的人相比，65 至 74 岁和 75 至 84 岁的女性在风险降低方面的幅度比男性更大。
社会接触对澳大利亚中年老年人的心理困扰有年龄和性别差异的影响。针对社会互动的干预措施需要考虑到性别和年龄差异。
