Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Third Floor ECHA Building, Edmonton, T6G1C9, Canada; School of Nursing, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Faculty of Nursing, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
Ageing Res Rev. 2019 May;51:78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Mar 9.
Population ageing is escalating rapidly now worldwide. This is an important time to determine if ageism or discrimination against older people is of concern, such as it being prevalent and/or increasing in prevalence. Over the years, many ageism measurement tools have been developed, with research findings from their use of prime consideration then for determining the prevalence of ageism and any prevalence trends. All print and open access English-language research articles published in 1953+ that used one or more ageism measurement tools in a study were sought using the Directory of Open Access Journals and EBSCO Discovery Service. A total of 25 ageism measurement tools were identified. However, only six had been used one or more times to measure the prevalence of ageism. The identified prevalence levels varied considerably, but most investigations using small convenience samples, with limited generalizability of findings. This paper highlights the need to continue developing ageism measurement tools to estimate ageism or use other measures, such as census and population-representative polling, to assess the extent and impact of ageism. This foundational measurement is needed, as ageism could be prevalent and growing in effect.
人口老龄化在全球范围内迅速加剧。现在是确定是否存在针对老年人的年龄歧视或偏见的重要时刻，例如这种现象是否普遍存在，或者是否有增加的趋势。多年来，已经开发出许多衡量年龄歧视的工具，其研究结果主要用于确定年龄歧视的普遍性和任何趋势。使用目录开放获取期刊和 EBSCO 发现服务，寻找 1953 年及以后发表的、在研究中使用一种或多种年龄歧视衡量工具的所有印刷和开放获取的英文研究文章。确定了 25 种年龄歧视衡量工具。然而，只有六种工具曾被用于衡量年龄歧视的普遍性。确定的普遍性水平差异很大，但大多数研究使用的是小的便利样本，结果的普遍性有限。本文强调需要继续开发年龄歧视衡量工具来估计年龄歧视，或者使用其他措施，如人口普查和具有代表性的民意调查，来评估年龄歧视的程度和影响。这一基础性的衡量工作是必要的，因为年龄歧视可能在不断加剧。
