Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 Sep 20;73(7):1292-1302. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw167.
To address a gap in our understanding of the long-term consequences of nativity and age of migration for the health of the Mexican elderly population.
We employ age graded latent growth curve models stratified by gender to examine the extent of physical functioning and disability, measured in terms of performance-oriented mobility assessments (POMAs) and activities of daily living (ADLs) after age 65 in a large longitudinal sample of Mexican-origin individuals.
Self-care measured ADLs show no age of migration differences. However, physical capacity measured POMAs differ significantly for men and women by age of migration. Migrants who arrived in midlife have fewer functional limitations at age 65 but have steeper increase in POMAs with age.
With a rapidly changing demographic profile that includes a large number of aging Mexican-origin immigrants, our society must implement social and health policies to ameliorate the negative health outcomes among immigrant and U.S.-born minority groups.
解决我们对出生国和移民年龄对墨西哥老年人口健康的长期影响认识不足的问题。
我们采用按性别分层的年龄分级潜在增长曲线模型,根据面向表现的移动评估(POMA)和日常生活活动(ADL)的测量,来检验在一个大型的墨西哥裔个体纵向样本中,65 岁以上的人群的身体功能和残疾的程度。
自我护理 ADL 的测量显示,移民年龄没有差异。然而,POMA 的身体能力测量在男性和女性中因移民年龄而异。中年到达的移民在 65 岁时功能限制较少,但随着年龄的增长,POMA 的增加幅度更大。
随着人口结构的快速变化,包括大量老龄化的墨西哥裔移民,我们的社会必须实施社会和卫生政策,以改善移民和美国出生的少数群体的负面健康结果。