Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Department of Nursing Education and Integrated Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
J Aging Health. 2024 Jan;36(1-2):120-132. doi: 10.1177/08982643231175367. Epub 2023 May 18.
To synthesize the evidence on the relationships between physical housing characteristics or housing accessibility and different aspects of health among community-dwelling people 60 years and older. A systematic review of recent evidence with a narrative synthesis was conducted. We included 15 studies and found three themes covering physical housing characteristics or housing accessibility that are associated with aspects of health among community-dwelling older adults: (1) interventions by home modifications targeting housing features both at entrances and indoors; (2) non-interventions targeting indoor features; (3) non-interventions targeting entrance features, that is, the presence of an elevator or stairs at the entrance. The overall quality of evidence across studies was assessed as very low. The findings highlight the need for studies with a stronger research design and higher methodological quality that address the physical housing environment in relation to health among older adults to strengthen the body of evidence.
综合社区居住的 60 岁及以上人群的物理住房特征或住房可达性与健康不同方面之间关系的证据。采用叙述性综合方法对最近的证据进行了系统评价。我们纳入了 15 项研究，发现了三个主题，涵盖了与社区居住的老年人健康方面相关的物理住房特征或住房可达性：（1）针对入口和室内住房特征的家居改造干预措施；（2）针对室内特征的非干预措施；（3）针对入口特征的非干预措施，即入口处是否有电梯或楼梯。各项研究的总体证据质量评估为极低。研究结果强调需要进行具有更强研究设计和更高方法学质量的研究，以解决与老年人健康相关的物理住房环境问题，从而加强证据基础。
