Social network, social support and heavy drinking in elderly men‐a population study of men born in 1914, Malmö, Sweden

Hanson, Bertil S.

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00958.x

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“…Optimists understood their disease more correctly, and had more motivation for a healthy life as compared with pessimists4, 29. Social support and social network also play important roles in the lifestyle habit improvement31. A recent study showed that social support was related to adherence to physical activity aspects of a weight loss program in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes7.…”

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Association between poor psychosocial conditions and diabetic nephropathy in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients: A cross‐sectional study

Ninomiya¹,

Katakami

Matsuoka³

et al. 2017

J of Diabetes Invest

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Aims/IntroductionIt is suggested that a positive psychosocial condition has a good effect on health and glycemic control. However, there has been no research to evaluate the association between positive psychosocial factors and diabetic nephropathy (DN). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between psychosocial factors and DN in patients with type 2 diabetes.Material and MethodsTo assess psychosocial condition, six indicators (happiness score, Life Orientation Test‐revised score as an indicator of dispositional optimism, laughter frequency, self‐awareness of stress, social network and social support) were assessed by a self‐administered questionnaire, and associations between these psychosocial indicators and the presence of DN were examined.ResultsA cross‐sectional analysis of patients with (n = 123) and without DN (n = 220) showed that a high score for happiness (odds ratio [OR] per 1 standard deviation 0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57–0.89, P = 0.003), high Life Orientation Test‐revised score (OR per 1 standard deviation 0.77, 95% CI: 0.61–0.98, P = 0.035), less self‐awareness of stress (OR 0.56, 95% CI: 0.34–0.90, P = 0.017), high connection of social network (OR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.35–0.87, P = 0.010) and high social support (OR 0.61, 95% CI: 0.38–0.96, P = 0.035) were associated with a reduced risk of prevalence of DN. Similar results were observed even after adjustment for the following conventional risk factors of DN: age, sex, duration of diabetes, hemoglobin A1c, hypertension, dyslipidemia and current smoking.ConclusionsThe present study showed that five out of six prespecified indicators of psychosocial condition were significantly associated with the presence of DN in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Association between poor psychosocial conditions and diabetic nephropathy in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients: A cross‐sectional study

Ninomiya¹,

Katakami

Matsuoka³

et al. 2017

J of Diabetes Invest

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“…However, to our knowledge only few studies have focused on the socioeconomic transition from active life to retirement (Wolfson, Rowe, Gentleman, & Tomiak, 1993). Using the Swedish prospective cohort study titled, "Men born in 1914" (Hanson, Isacsson, Janzon, & Lindell, 1989;Isacsson, 1972), we investigated whether income 10 years before retirement (which is by law at age 65 in Sweden) and subsequent income evolution until retirement were associated with (i) behavioural, clinical, biomedical, and social support risk factors of IHD measured at retirement, and (ii) subsequent IHD incidence and mortality over 10 years. Furthermore, we assessed the extent to which socioeconomic disparities in IHD were explained by the different risk factors (Marmot, Bosma, Hemingway, Brunner, & Stansfeld, 1997).…”

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Income change at retirement, neighbourhood-based social support, and ischaemic heart disease: Results from the prospective cohort study “Men born in 1914”

Chaix

Isacsson

Råstam

et al. 2007

Social Science & Medicine

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Access to the published version may require journal subscription.Published with permission from: Elsevier 1 Income change at retirement, neighbourhood-based social support, and ischaemic heart disease: results from the prospective cohort study "men born in 1914" AbstractRetirement from active life often leads to decreased finances and reduced social contact, which may increase ischaemic heart disease (IHD) risk in individuals. We examined whether income evolution during the decade before retirement has an impact on subsequent IHD, and explored the mediating effect of common risk factors and social support from different sources (marriage/cohabitation, support from friends/relatives, and neighbourhood-based social support). We analyzed data from the prospective cohort study "Men born in 1914" (n = 498, follow-up period = 10 years) conducted in Malmö, Sweden, merged with yearly income data for 14 years preceding baseline.Low income 10 years before retirement predicted both higher prevalence of IHD risk factors at retirement, and weaker neighbourhood-based social support. Income 10 years before retirement was a strong predictor of IHD incidence and mortality after retirement, but a significant downward income mobility at retirement did not increase IHD risk. After adjustment, low neighbourhood-based social support increased the risk of IHD incidence (HR = 1.87; 95% CI: 1.02-3.43) and mortality (HR = 2.50; 95% CI: 1.06-5.91), and mediated 7-8% of the income effect.As a conclusion, income 10 years before retirement, but not the subsequent income evolution, was a strong predictor of IHD postretirement. This socioeconomic gradient was partly mediated by the protective effect of neighbourhood-based social support, which form of social support may be important among the elderly in compensating for social disruptions related to retirement.

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“…In a number of subsequent studies , not only social networks but also social supports constituting social relationships have increasingly been recognized as risk factors for mortality and morbidity 12,13). In addition to social support , the effect of stress on mortality has been analyzed simultaneously 14) .…”

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Rural-urban Differences in Sociodemographic, Social Network and Lifestyle Factors Related to Mortality of Middle-aged Japanese Men from the Komo-Ise Cohort Study.

Iwasaki¹,

Otani²,

Ohta³

et al. 2002

Journal of Epidemiology

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To examine rural-urban differences in the relationships of sociodemographic, social network, and lifestyle factors to mortality in middle-aged men , we used the data from a community based prospective cohort study, the Komo-Ise study. The subjects were all men aged 40-69 years living in Komochi Village, the rural group (n=2,295), or the downtown district of Isesaki City, the urban group (n=3,334), as of 1993. They completed a self-administered questionnaire in 1993 and were followed for all-cause deaths until 2000. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to compute relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Low educated men and men without a spouse in the rural group had an increased risk of mortality (RR=4.4; 95%Cl: 1.1-18.2, RR=2.4; 95%Cl: 1.2-4.5). Men who did not enjoy good fellowship with their neighbors in the rural group had a decreased risk of mortality (RR=0.58; 95%Cl: 0.35-0.97). Mortality risks were significantly higher in urban men not participating in hobbies, club activities or community groups (RR=1.6; 95%Cl: 1.1-2.4). These variables remained significant risk factors, even after controlling for all sociodemographic, social network, lifestyle, and health status variables. Educational level, marital status and relation to neighborhoods showed significant rural-urban differences.J Epidemiol, 2002;12:93-104 rural-urban differences, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, social networks, mortality INTRODUCTIONThe dramatic shift in the major causes of disability and death from infectious to chronic diseases has made theories of disease etiology shift from a single factor to multiple factors including behavioral and environmental as well as biologic and genetic factors. Among these factors, many epidemiologists have focused on health behavior or lifestyle factors, such as smoking habit, overweight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and so on, for the past several decades 1-4). A number of prospective studies based on randomly selected cohort groups have indicated these to be the major determinants of premature and preventable disease and/or death 1-4). In addition to health behavior and lifestyle factors, poor social networks and social support have been recognized as independent risk factors for mortality 5-7), since Cassel8) hypothesized that psychosocial effects in the environment increased a person's resistance to risk factors.Among the earlier large investigations of the relationship between health and human ties, was the study performed in Alameda County, California. Berkman et al. 5) examined four social network sources: 1) marriage; 2) contacts with close friends and relatives; 3) church membership, and 4) informal and formal group associations. Their findings revealed social and community ties to be associated with mortality risk and each of the four sources to be a predicted risk factor for mortality independently from the other three. However, the Tecumseh Community Health Study 9) and the Evans County Cardiovascular Epidemiologic Study 10) results were not consiste...

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Social network, social support and heavy drinking in elderly men‐a population study of men born in 1914, Malmö, Sweden

Cited by 98 publications

References 30 publications

Association between poor psychosocial conditions and diabetic nephropathy in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients: A cross‐sectional study

Association between poor psychosocial conditions and diabetic nephropathy in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients: A cross‐sectional study

Income change at retirement, neighbourhood-based social support, and ischaemic heart disease: Results from the prospective cohort study “Men born in 1914”

Rural-urban Differences in Sociodemographic, Social Network and Lifestyle Factors Related to Mortality of Middle-aged Japanese Men from the Komo-Ise Cohort Study.

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