Experiences of Everyday Ageism and the Health of Older US Adults

作者：Julie Ober Allen, Erica Solway, Matthias Kirch, Dianne Singer, Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Valerie Moïse, Preeti Malani · 发表于：JAMA Network Open · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17240 · 被引用次数：182 · 研究领域：Aging and Gerontology Research、Education, Sociology, Communication Studies、Health disparities and outcomes

Importance: Major incidents of ageism have been shown to be associated with poorer health and well-being among older adults. Less is known about routine types of age-based discrimination, prejudice, and stereotyping that older adults encounter in their day-to-day lives, known as everyday ageism. Objective: To examine the prevalence of everyday ageism, group differences and disparities, and associations of everyday ageism with indicators of poor physical and mental health. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study was conducted using survey data from the December 2019 National Poll on Healthy Aging among a nationally representative household sample of US adults ages 50 to 80 years. Data were analyzed from November 2021 through April 2022. Exposures: Experiences of everyday ageism were measured using the newly developed multidimensional Everyday Ageism Scale. Main Outcomes and Measures: Fair or poor physical health, number of chronic health conditions, fair or poor mental health, and depressive symptoms. Results: Among 2035 adults ages 50 to 80 years (1047 [54.2%] women; 192 Black [10.9%], 178 Hispanic [11.4%], and 1546 White [71.1%]; mean [SD] age, 62.6 [8.0] years [weighted statistics]), most participants (1915 adults [93.4%]) reported regularly experiencing 1 or more forms of everyday ageism. Internalized ageism was reported by 1664 adults (81.2%), ageist messages by 1394 adults (65.2%), and interpersonal ageism by 941 adults (44.9%). Mean Everyday Ageism...