保健专家为不按时体检的男性担忧

2022 Men’s Health Survey 
Healthcare expert Jeramy Tipton of AFLAC shares surprising information from a new survey & explains why it’s important to talk about male issues. For more information visit: www.Aflac.com/MensHealth. Sponsored By: Aflac.
2022.7.9 CBS46 Atlanta
tags: 访谈 健康 医疗
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    We all procrastinate from time to time, but there's a new survey showing that men are putting off doctor visits at an alarming rate.

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    Healthcare expert Jeramy Tipton with Aflac⁽¹⁾ is here to share the findings on this, thanks for joining us, Jeramy, what are the top takeaways from this survey?

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    Thanks for having me, so this year's annual survey really showed more of the same, men are continuing to push the snooze button when it comes to their physical and mental health.

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    Even with the new telemedicine and virtual doc options out there, we still saw less than 50 percent of men in this year's survey have actually participated in their routine wellness exam in the last 12 months.

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    And a more concerning scenario is that 75 percent of men in this survey said that they had experienced some sort of behavioral or mental issue within the last 12 months.

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    And many of those individuals aren't really talking to anyone about those challenges. - So why aren't men having routine checkups?

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    Well we're procrastinators and I can say that because I am a man, but ultimately I'm sure there's a lot of reasons why men are delaying or avoiding those doctors visits.

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    The biggest one in the survey is 40% of the men in the survey said that they were avoiding their doctors visits, because of out-of-pocket expenses that they were expecting, and 25 percent said they didn't have the insurance to cover that.

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    But no matter the challenge or the reason why, it's really important for these yearly exams to take place, so they can stave off serious health issues that could be costly in the future.

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    One of the biggest generational gaps that we saw in the survey is the younger generations, generation Z and millennials⁽²⁾.

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    80% of those individuals in the survey said they had mental or behavioral health issues within the last 12 months.

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    That's really concerning for us and concerning as an industry, and so you're seeing many companies in the insurance space, like Aflac, create benefits associated with mental health and behavioral health benefits.

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    And what would you say are some other sensitive issues that men don't like talking about?

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    If we don't like to talk about health care issues, we definitely don't like to talk about our funerals or passing away, but 68% of men in the survey said that they didn't want to talk about life insurance or final expense.

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    And that's a big component from a financial wellness perspective, but that first step is always getting those yearly checkups done.

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    All right thanks so much Jeramy, you can find the survey at www.Aflac.com/MensHealth.

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    我们都会时不时地拖延,但一项新的调查显示,男性推迟看医生的情况,是一个令人担忧的比率。

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    美国家庭人寿保险公司的医疗保健专家杰拉米·提普顿在这里分享这方面的研究结果,谢谢你加入我们,杰拉米,这项调查的最大收获是什么?

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    谢谢你们邀请我,今年的年度调查确实显示了更多相同的情况,当事关他们身心健康时,男同志们继续按贪睡键(拖延)。

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    即使有了新的远程医疗和虚拟医生可选,我们仍然看到在今年的调查中,只有不到50%的男性,在过去12个月里真正参加了他们的日常健康检查。

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    更令人担忧的是,调查中75%的男性表示,他们在过去12个月内经历过某种行为或心理问题。

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    这些人中的许多人并没有真正与人谈起他的困境。 - 那为什么男性不做例行体检呢?

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    我们都是拖延症患者,我之所以这么说,是因为我也是一个男人,但我相信,男人拖延或逃避看医生有很多原因。

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    调查中最大的一个问题是,40%的受访男性说他们不去看医生,因为他们预计会有自付费用,25%的人说他们没有保险来支付这些费用。

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    但无论挑战是什么或原因是什么,这些年度体检的进行是非常重要的,这样他们可以避免未来的代价高昂的严重健康问题。

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    我们在调查中看到的最大代沟之一是年轻的一代,就是Z一代和千禧一代。

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    80%参与调查的人表示,他们在过去12个月内有心理或行为健康问题。

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    这对我们和整个行业来说都是非常令人担忧的,所以你会看到很多保险领域的公司,比如Aflac,推出了与心理健康和行为健康相关的福利。

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    你认为男性不喜欢谈论的其他敏感问题是什么?

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    如果我们不喜欢谈论医疗保健问题,我们肯定不喜欢谈论我们的葬礼或逝去的人,但68%的男性在调查中说他们不想谈论人寿保险或最终(丧葬)费用。

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    从财务健康视角来看,这(68%)是一个很大的组成部分,但第一步总是要完成年度体检。

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    好的,非常感谢杰拉米,你可以在www.Aflac.com/MensHealth上找到这项调查 (slash,网址中的斜杠)。