Due to climate change,the heatwave has become a more serious public health threat with aging as an aggravating factor in recent years.There is a pressing need to detect the most effective prevention and response measu...Due to climate change,the heatwave has become a more serious public health threat with aging as an aggravating factor in recent years.There is a pressing need to detect the most effective prevention and response measures.However,the specific health effects of interventions have not been characterized on an individual scale.In this study,an intervention experiment was designed to explore the health effects of heat exposure at the individual level and assess the effects of different interventions based on a comprehensive health sensitivity index(CHSI)in Xinyi,China.Forty-one subjects were recruited randomly,and divided into one control group and three intervention groups.Interventions included education(Educate by lecturing,offering relative materials,and communication),subsidy support(offer subsidy to offset the cost of running air conditioning),and cooling-spray(install a piece of cooling-spray equipment in the yard).Results showed that systolic blood pressure(SBP)and deep sleep duration(DSD)were significantly affected by short-term heat exposure,and the effects could be alleviated by three types of interventions.The estimated CHSI indicated that the effective days of the education group were longer than other groups,while the lower CHSI of the subsidy group showed lower sensitivity than the control group.These findings provide feasible implementation strategies to optimize Heat-health action plans and evaluate the intervention performance.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the level of health-promoting lifestyle in the disabled elderly in a rural area and to provide useful countermeasures for health care workers and the government to improve the elderly' s li...Objective: To investigate the level of health-promoting lifestyle in the disabled elderly in a rural area and to provide useful countermeasures for health care workers and the government to improve the elderly' s lifestyle behaviors. Methods: A total of 446 disabled elderly people were recruited and examined using the General Questionnaire and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Results: The mean score of the health-promoting lifestyle was 109.73( SD = 16.80), in which 90.6 percent of the disabled elderly demonstrated unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The average score for each of the subscales includedthe following: interpersonal relations, stress management, nutrition, self-actualization, health responsibility, and sports activity. Conclusions: The health-promoting lifestyle of the disabled elderly needs to be improved; health care workers and the government should pay more attention to the countermeasures that can improve the lifestyle behaviors and promote the health of the disabled elderly.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFC1807502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41822709)。
文摘Due to climate change,the heatwave has become a more serious public health threat with aging as an aggravating factor in recent years.There is a pressing need to detect the most effective prevention and response measures.However,the specific health effects of interventions have not been characterized on an individual scale.In this study,an intervention experiment was designed to explore the health effects of heat exposure at the individual level and assess the effects of different interventions based on a comprehensive health sensitivity index(CHSI)in Xinyi,China.Forty-one subjects were recruited randomly,and divided into one control group and three intervention groups.Interventions included education(Educate by lecturing,offering relative materials,and communication),subsidy support(offer subsidy to offset the cost of running air conditioning),and cooling-spray(install a piece of cooling-spray equipment in the yard).Results showed that systolic blood pressure(SBP)and deep sleep duration(DSD)were significantly affected by short-term heat exposure,and the effects could be alleviated by three types of interventions.The estimated CHSI indicated that the effective days of the education group were longer than other groups,while the lower CHSI of the subsidy group showed lower sensitivity than the control group.These findings provide feasible implementation strategies to optimize Heat-health action plans and evaluate the intervention performance.
文摘Objective: To investigate the level of health-promoting lifestyle in the disabled elderly in a rural area and to provide useful countermeasures for health care workers and the government to improve the elderly' s lifestyle behaviors. Methods: A total of 446 disabled elderly people were recruited and examined using the General Questionnaire and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Results: The mean score of the health-promoting lifestyle was 109.73( SD = 16.80), in which 90.6 percent of the disabled elderly demonstrated unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The average score for each of the subscales includedthe following: interpersonal relations, stress management, nutrition, self-actualization, health responsibility, and sports activity. Conclusions: The health-promoting lifestyle of the disabled elderly needs to be improved; health care workers and the government should pay more attention to the countermeasures that can improve the lifestyle behaviors and promote the health of the disabled elderly.