García-Peña Carmen, Sánchez-Garrido Natalia, Wynne-Bannister Emma Grace, Moreno-Peniche Bernardo, Pérez-Zepeda Mario Ulises
Research Office National Institute of Geriatrics Mexico City Mexico Research Office, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
Department of Geriatric and Epidemiologic Research National Institute of Geriatrics Mexico City Mexico Department of Geriatric and Epidemiologic Research, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2017 Mar 22;41:e29. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.29. eCollection 2017.
To describe the association between collective violence and the health of older adults in Mexico.
The data analyzed were taken from a Mexican population-based national survey of health and nutrition that included a representative sample of adults over 60 years of age and from an index of violence for each of the states of Mexico that was compiled by a major research center. Five of the most common geriatric ailments (weight loss, depressive symptoms, falls, positive affectivity, and disability) were crossed with the violence index score assigned to each state.
A total of 7 108 older adults were included in the analysis. Among the five geriatric health problems, weight loss had the strongest association with violence, even when an adjusted model was used. For weight loss, that association increased as the level of collective violence rose. With the adjusted model, there was also an association of severe collective violence with disability and with low positive affectivity.
Our results show that there is an association of collective violence with weight loss and other geriatric problems. Collective violence could indirectly affect individuals' health, especially older persons and other vulnerable groups.
描述墨西哥集体暴力与老年人健康之间的关联。
所分析的数据取自一项基于墨西哥全国人口的健康与营养调查，该调查涵盖了60岁以上成年人的代表性样本，以及由一个主要研究中心编制的墨西哥各州暴力指数。将五种最常见的老年疾病（体重减轻、抑郁症状、跌倒、积极情感和残疾）与分配给每个州的暴力指数得分进行交叉分析。
共有7108名老年人纳入分析。在这五种老年健康问题中，即使使用调整模型，体重减轻与暴力的关联最强。对于体重减轻，随着集体暴力程度的上升，这种关联也增强。使用调整模型时，严重集体暴力还与残疾以及低积极情感有关联。
我们的结果表明，集体暴力与体重减轻及其他老年问题之间存在关联。集体暴力可能间接影响个人健康，尤其是老年人和其他弱势群体。
