Is social participation associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors?

Ellaway, Anne; MacIntyre, Sally

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.022

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“…As such, we have evidence to reject the notion that a single common cause among these variables underlies the overall effect on cognition. Although participants reported relatively low rates of social participation (i.e., an average total score of one activity per month), this distribution matches social participation levels, both in studies from the SHARE dataset (Croezen et al, 2015;Sirven & Debrand, 2008), as well as other samples of aging adults (Ellaway & Macintyre, 2007;Glei et al, 2005).…”

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Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity

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Woolverton

et al. 2015

Aging & Mental Health

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity

Bourassa

Memel

Woolverton

et al. 2015

Aging & Mental Health

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“…A variety of socio-demographic and health variables, evaluated as potential correlates with hypertension and/or awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in previous studies, 6,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]32 were evaluated as correlates in the present analysis.…”

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in the elderly population of Singapore

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A comprehensive picture of the management of hypertension in the increasing elderly population in Singapore is lacking. In this study, we assess the prevalence and correlates of hypertension and of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among 4494 elderly Singaporeans (X60 years) participating in a recent representative survey. The weighted prevalences of hypertension (systolic blood pressure X140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure X90 mm Hg or current use of antihypertension medication) and of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension were assessed. We assessed the extent of association of these outcomes with socio-demographic (age, gender, ethnicity, education, housing type, living arrangement and social participation) and health (body mass, diabetes and cognitive status) variables using multivariable logistic regression. Nearly three-fourths (73.9%) of participants were found to have hypertension. Of this number, 30.8% were unaware that they had hypertension, 32.0% were not being treated for the disease and 75.9% had suboptimal control of their blood pressure. Among those aware of their hypertension, only 1.9% were untreated. However, nearly two-thirds (64.5%) of treated hypertensives had suboptimal control. Age, gender, ethnicity, education, housing type, body mass and diabetes were significantly correlated with lack of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension. Although the specific 'at-risk' subgroups varied by the outcome, men and Malays had consistently higher odds for all three unfavorable outcomes. There is a need to improve awareness, treatment and especially control of hypertension among elderly Singaporeans. Primary and secondary prevention efforts targeting the elderly and their primary health-care providers are called for, as are regular data collection efforts based on representative samples.

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“…Fifth, although this study attempted to introduce a methodological approach using census data, more indicators of the social environment such as the extent of informal social control provided by adults in the neighborhood and the level of residents' participation in local organizations should be included in future studies. 37,38 …”

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Neighborhood Effects on an Individual’s Health Using Neighborhood Measurements Developed by Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis

Chuang

2008

J Urban Health

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This study suggests a multivariate-structural approach combining factor analysis and cluster analysis that could be used to examine neighborhood effects on an individual's health. Data were from the Taiwan Social Change Survey conducted in 1990, 1995, and 2000. In total, 5,784 women and men aged over 20 years living in 428 neighborhoods were interviewed. Participants' addresses were geocoded with census data for measuring neighborhood-level characteristics. The factor analysis was applied to identify neighborhood dimensions, which were used as entities in the cluster analysis to generate a neighborhood typology. The factor analysis generated three neighborhood dimensions: neighborhood education, age structure, and neighborhood family structure and employment. The cluster analysis generated six types of neighborhoods with combinations of the three neighborhood dimensions. Multilevel binomial regression models were used to assess the effects of neighborhoods on an individual's health. The results showed that the biggest health differences were between two neighborhood types: (1) the highest concentration of inhabitants younger than 15 years, a moderate education level, and a moderate level of single-parent families and (2) the highest educational level, a median level of single-parent families, and a median level of elderly concentrations. Individuals living in the first type had significantly higher chances of having functional limitations and poor self-rated health than the individuals in the second neighborhood type. Our study suggests that the multivariate-structural approach improves neighborhood measurements by addressing neighborhood diversity and examining how an individual's health varies in different neighborhood contexts.

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Is social participation associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors?

Cited by 60 publications

References 24 publications

Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity

Social participation predicts cognitive functioning in aging adults over time: comparisons with physical health, depression, and physical activity

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in the elderly population of Singapore

Neighborhood Effects on an Individual’s Health Using Neighborhood Measurements Developed by Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis

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