团队博士研究生李桥鸽有关“我国老年宜居社区环境对长期照护依赖的年龄轨迹影响”的合作研究正式发表于Social Science & Medicine
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发布时间：2024-12-12
发布时间：2024-12-12
文章标题：团队博士研究生李桥鸽有关“我国老年宜居社区环境对长期照护依赖的年龄轨迹影响”的合作研究正式发表于Social Science & Medicine
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近日，团队博士研究生李桥鸽有关“Age-friendly community environments and the age trajectories of long-term care dependency among Chinese older adults”的合作研究正式发表于Social Science & Medicine (Social Science & Medicine期刊为ABS四星高水平期刊，中科院公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生以及社会科学：生物医学分类一区TOP期刊，也是社会医学及健康社会学领域最具国际影响力的SSCI/SCI刊物之一, IF=4.9)。该研究首次运用2011-2020年中国养老追踪调查数据探究我国老年社区宜居环境对老年人长期照护（Long-term care, LTC）依赖的年龄轨迹的影响。研究结果表明，老年社区宜居环境，特别是良好的住房条件，对晚发性LTC依赖的可能性存在正向关系。进一步，机制分析结果证实社会参与是一个重要的作用路径。
Abstract
In the context of rapid global aging, the importance of age-friendly community environments for promoting healthy aging and “aging in place” continues to increase. Using data from the 2011–2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this study investigated the impact of an age-friendly community environment on the age trajectories of late-life long-term care (LTC) dependency among older Chinese adults aged 60+ years. Age-friendly community environments were defined according to three levels (poor, moderate, or good) based on the World Health Organization’s age-friendly city and community framework, and LTC dependency was classified as level 1 (high), level 2 (medium), or level 3 (low) according to activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living scores. We classified participants into two age trajectory groups according to their level of LTC dependency: early-onset and late-onset groups. We found that an age-friendly community environment, especially a good housing environment, was consistently associated with the probability of having late-onset LTC dependency at any level. Having moderate and good social and employment environments reduced the likelihood of having early-onset level 2 and level 3 LTC dependency. Our mechanism analysis also revealed that age-friendly community environments affect LTC dependency through social participation. Our results may help elucidate the importance of promoting age-friendly community environments to maintain late-life functional ability and support healthy aging.
Keywords: age-friendly community environments, older adults, long-term care, age trajectory
引用格式： Nie, P. and Li, Q.G. (2025). Age-friendly community environments and the age trajectories of long-term care dependency among Chinese older adults. Social Science & Medicine, 365: 117614.