Social networks and health-related quality of life: a population based study among older adults

Gallegos‐Carrillo, Katia; Mudgal, Jyoti; Sánchez-Garcí­a, Sergio; Wagner, Fernando A.; Gallo, Joseph J.; Salmerón, Jorge; García-Peña, Carmen

doi:10.1590/s0036-36342009000100004

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“…The differences within this effect between men and women were particularly strong for instrumental and informational support, which suggests that women profit better from these types of support in terms of prevention of depressive symptoms. In one study, social support was reported to be related to lower depression even irrespective of gender [16]. However, our findings linking higher social support with lower depression in women whereas to a lesser degree in men are corroborated by findings from some other studies.…”

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Social support and adaptation to the disease in men and women with psoriasis

et al. 2012

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Social support was shown to be an important factor buffering negative effects of stress in a range of clinical populations. Little is known, however, about the role of social support in the population of patients with psoriasis although strong psychosocial stress has been implicated in this disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between social support and selected indices of adaptation to life with the disease, including health-related quality of life, depressive symptoms and acceptance of life with the disease, in a sample of patients with psoriasis. Additionally, gender differences in these relationships were analyzed. One-hundred-four patients with psoriasis completed psychological tests measuring disease-related social support, health-related quality of life, depressive symptoms and acceptance of life with the disease. Psoriasis severity was assessed by Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. The patients reporting higher social support levels had significantly higher quality of life, lower depression levels, and higher acceptance of life with the disease. The strengths of these effects, however, were different in women and men. Higher social support was slightly more closely associated with better acceptance of life with the disease in men than in women. However, higher social support was more closely associated to lower depression and better quality of life in women than in men. Among different types of social support, tangible support was found to be the best predictor for the all adaptation indices. Effects of social support perceived by psoriasis patients on adaptation to the disease may be gender-related and exact pathways of these effects may depend on the type on the dimension of social support and the selected type of adaptation indicator. Tangible support seems the most important type of support contributing to better adaptation in both women and men with psoriasis.

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Social support and adaptation to the disease in men and women with psoriasis

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“…Depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms have been associated with decreased QoL among various types of elder samples and in different settings/ countries [28][29][30][31][32]76], and in a recent study among older persons it was found that psychological well-being predicted QoL [126]. Thus, our findings seem to confirm those of a plethora of studies.…”

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Quality of Life among Persons Aged 60-84 Years in Europe: The Role of Psychological Abuse and Socio-Demographic, Social and Health Factors

2013

J Biosafety Health Educ

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“…To our knowledge, previous research of social relationships in México and in other developing countries has been focused on isolated aspects of social relationships [31,32]. Therefore, deriving social network typologies could provide valuable information to better understand the current social conditions of older adults.…”

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Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico

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BackgroundSocial networks play a key role in caring for older adults. A better understanding of the characteristics of different social networks types (TSNs) in a given community provides useful information for designing policies to care for this age group. Therefore this study has three objectives: 1) To derive the TSNs among older adults affiliated with the Mexican Institute of Social Security; 2) To describe the main characteristics of the older adults in each TSN, including the instrumental and economic support they receive and their satisfaction with the network; 3) To determine the association between functional dependency and the type of social network.MethodsSecondary data analysis of the 2006 Survey of Autonomy and Dependency (N = 3,348). The TSNs were identified using the structural approach and cluster analysis. The association between functional dependency and the TSNs was evaluated with Poisson regression with robust variance analysis in which socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and medical history covariates were included.ResultsWe identified five TSNs: diverse with community participation (12.1%), diverse without community participation (44.3%); widowed (32.0%); nonfriends-restricted (7.6%); nonfamily-restricted (4.0%). Older adults belonging to widowed and restricted networks showed a higher proportion of dependency, negative self-rated health and depression. Older adults with functional dependency more likely belonged to a widowed network (adjusted prevalence ratio 1.5; 95%CI: 1.1-2.1).ConclusionThe derived TSNs were similar to those described in developed countries. However, we identified the existence of a diverse network without community participation and a widowed network that have not been previously described. These TSNs and restricted networks represent a potential unmet need of social security affiliates.

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Social networks and health-related quality of life: a population based study among older adults

Cited by 43 publications

References 35 publications

Social support and adaptation to the disease in men and women with psoriasis

Social support and adaptation to the disease in men and women with psoriasis

Quality of Life among Persons Aged 60-84 Years in Europe: The Role of Psychological Abuse and Socio-Demographic, Social and Health Factors

Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico

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