高齡者憂鬱風險與鄰里環境相關性研究-以高雄市鹽埕區為例

Abstract

With the aggravation of population aging, Taiwan is facing the challenge of how to promote healthy living among the elderly in a super-aged society. Mental health is very important to the elderly, but it is also easily overlooked. Therefore, understanding the impact of neighborhood environment on the mental health of the elderly and proposing corresponding health interventions and policies are crucial to constructing an age-friendly environment and safeguarding the mental health and well-being of the elderly. In this study, this study used Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City, as an example. The questionnaire survey included the WHO-5 well-being index and various environmental perceptions, and a secondary database was constructed to investigate the effects of neighborhood environment and personal factors on the mental health and depression risk of the elderly by means of binary logistic regression analysis and spatial autocorrelation analysis. The study found that the type of housing, perceived environmental improvement, perceived community security and living density significantly affected depression risk, while there was no significant spatial autocorrelation of the mental health status of the elderly across neighborhoods. This study emphasizes the importance of taking into account the subjective perception of the elderly in order to formulate policies that better meet their needs, and points to the need to develop strategies for the mental and physical health of the elderly that are tailored to the local context.

Date of Award	2024
Original language	Chinese (Traditional)
Supervisor	Tzu-Yuan Chao (Supervisor)