Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program

少数族裔博士前奖学金计划

• 批准号: 6547162
• 负责人: ROLAND J. THORPE
• 金额: $ 3.09万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6547162
• 关键词: aging; behavioral /social science research tag; body physical activity; cardiovascular disorder risk; cats; clinical research; dogs; exercise; friendships; functional ability; human data; human old age (65+); isolation /deprivation; mental health; physical fitness; predoctoral investigator; racial /ethnic difference; social support network; stress management

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Researchers in the field of human-animal interactions have reported an abundance of anecdotal evidence relating pet ownership to improved human health. The number of studies based on sound science are few and the results are ambiguous. According to researchers, these inconsistencies are a result of the variables measured and the methods used. This research proposes to use clinical measures rather than self-reports to model the relationship between pet ownership and health (measured as cardiovascular risk factors, mental health, physical function and physical activity), while adjusting for potential confounding variables. Participants were recruited from a random sample of White (n=1794) and all Black (n=1281) Medicare eligible adults aged 70-79 living in the Memphis, TN and Pittsburgh, PA vicinities. The large percentage of African Americans (41.6 percent) in the sample affords the opportunity to also investigate possible racial differences with respect to the impact of pets on human health. Data will be extracted from the Health Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study.

描述（由申请人提供）：人与动物相互作用领域的研究人员报告了大量关于养宠物与改善人类健康有关的轶事证据。基于可靠科学的研究数量很少，结果也不明确。根据研究人员的说法，这些不一致是测量变量和使用方法的结果。这项研究建议使用临床测量而不是自我报告来模拟宠物饲养与健康之间的关系（以心血管危险因素、心理健康、身体功能和身体活动来衡量），同时调整潜在的混杂变量。参与者是从随机招募的白人（n=1794）和所有黑人（n=1281）年龄在70-79岁，居住在田纳西州孟菲斯和宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡附近的符合医疗保险条件的成年人中招募的。样本中非洲裔美国人的比例很大（41.6%），这也为调查宠物对人类健康影响方面可能存在的种族差异提供了机会。数据将从健康老龄化和身体成分（健康ABC）研究中提取。