Trends in care needs for older people in Albania and the potential role of socio-economic changes
Pourquoi ce travail est dans la base
Une base qui oublie comment elle a trouvé un travail ne peut pas être vérifiée. Voici les voies qui ont admis celui-ci.
Notice bibliographique
Résumé
Abstract Background The youngest in Europe thirty years ago, Albanians have aged more quickly than other people in the region. National census 2023 showed that one in five residents in Albania is 65 years old or older. That proportion was 11,3% in 2011 and 7,5% in 2001. For the first time, we examine the trends in older Albanians’ rates of disability and morbidity and talk about the impact of socioeconomic factors. Methods All potential sources of quantitative data about older people health in Albania are reviewed, including two last national censuses (2011,2023) and two cross-sectional population surveys (MOSHA 2008,2018). We also use data from a multicenter cohort study (IMIAS 2012-2016), that allows for international comparisons. Results In 2023, 19% people over 65 years old had at least one of disabilities standardized by Washington Group. Disabilities increase with age reaching 44% for those over 85 years old, and are consistently higher among women. Disability rate is 65% higher in rural areas compared to cities. Interestingly, the 2023 disability rates were significantly lower than those of 2011 census, when they were measured for the first time. In MOSHA studies prevalence of bed-bound elderly decreased from 8% to 5%. Chronic diseases and pain were also on decrease along with the poverty self-reporting. Conversely, 11% of older people were living alone in Census 2023, compared to only 8% in 2011, with similar trends observed in MOSHA surveys. Older people from Tirana in IMIAS survey, showed lower mobility compared to participants from Canadian samples. IMIAS and MOSHA studies consistently showed that older people of lower socio-economic categories have poorer health and decreased mobility. Conclusions With a rapidly ageing population and increasing loneliness, Albania faces imminent challenges in supporting its elderly. Improving socioeconomic conditions of older people would be a key policy to alleviate the burden of disabilities and poor health. Key messages • Ageing, coupled with a shortage of human resources, is a major challenge for middle income countries’ healthcare. • Improving elderly's socioeconomic conditions could reduce their need for care.
Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.
Prédiction distillée sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.
Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,007 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découle