Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?
Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2318-14-106
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发表时间：
2014-09-20
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影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Victor C
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作者：
Pikhartova J;Bowling A;Victor C
养宠物被认为对老年人的健康、健康行为和总体福祉做出了积极贡献。更具体地说，养宠物通常被认为是解决晚年孤独问题的一种方法，并且已经开发了特定的“基于宠物”的干预措施来对抗孤独。然而，支持这种关系的证据很少，人们认为养宠物是对孤独的保护，而不是对孤独的反应。本文的目的是研究宠物所有权和孤独之间的关联，探索宠物所有权是一种反应，或防止，孤独使用波0-5从英国老龄化纵向研究（艾尔莎）。使用来自英国老龄化纵向研究中的5，210名男性和女性的数据，使用横截面和纵向回归分析来评估50岁以上成年人的孤独感和宠物所有权之间的双向关系。2001年（第0波），41%的参与者是宠物主人，而2010年（第5波）为30%。宠物所有权和孤独之间的关联在女性中比男性更强，并且在两个方向上（即宠物所有权预测孤独和孤独预测宠物所有权）和相似的幅度（OR 1.2-1.4）。年龄、社会关系、人口因素和健康行为变量对孤独感和养宠物之间的关联影响很小。我们的纵向分析结果显示，在第0到第5波中总是感到孤独的女性在第5波中更有可能养宠物。报告的孤独感取决于社会人口特征，如性别、家庭收入、家庭生活安排和健康状况。考虑到这些因素，在我们的纵向分析中，养宠物会显著影响女性后来对孤独感的报告。在相反的方向，报告的孤独影响宠物所有权在以后的浪潮。在这两个方向上，相对较强的性别互动表明，这种关联仅限于妇女，对男子的影响很小或不存在。
Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often proposed as a solution to the problem of loneliness in later life and specific ‘pet based’ interventions have been developed to combat loneliness. However the evidence to support this relationship is slim and it is assumed that pet ownership is a protection against loneliness rather than a response to loneliness. The aim of this paper is to examine the association between pet ownership and loneliness by exploring if pet ownership is a response to, or protection against, loneliness using Waves 0–5 from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Using data from 5,210 men and women in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, cross-sectional and longitudinal regression analysis was used to assess the bi-directional relationship between loneliness and pet ownership among adults aged 50 + . In 2001 (wave 0) 41% of participants were pet owners compared with 30% in 2010 (Wave 5). The association between pet ownership and loneliness is stronger in women than men, and in both directions (i.e. pet ownership predicting loneliness and loneliness predicting pet ownership) and of the similar magnitude (OR 1.2-1.4). Age, social relationships, demographic factors and health behaviour variables have only a minimal influence upon the association between loneliness and pet ownership. The results of our longitudinal analysis showed that women who reported being lonely always in Waves 0 to 5 were more likely to have a pet in Wave 5. Reported loneliness is dependent on socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, household income, household living arrangements and health status. Taking those factors into account, owning a pet significantly influences later reporting of loneliness in women in our longitudinal analysis. In the reverse direction, reported loneliness influences pet ownership in later waves. In both directions, the relatively strong gender interaction suggests the association is limited to women with effects for men minimal or non-existent.
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作者：
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