Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality
Self-perceived health has been used as a good estimator of health status and receiving affection can be a determining factor for good self-perceived health. The aim of the present study was to assess whether lack of social support (measured through Duke scale, which ranges from 11 to 55) was associa...
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doaj-27cb3a2306f147468b0d4efc9f20a87e2021-04-04T23:00:23ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-04-01101502150210.3390/jcm10071502Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender InequalityJulia Wärnberg0Napoleón Pérez-Farinós1María Julia Ajejas-Bazán2Jéssica Pérez-López3Juan Carlos Benavente-Marín4Edelys Crespo-Oliva5Virginia Castillo-Antúnez6Olga Fernández-Barceló7Silvia Valenzuela-Guerrero8María Ángeles Silva-Soto9F. Javier Barón-López10Epi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, SpainFaculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainEpi-PHAAN Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29071 Málaga, SpainSelf-perceived health has been used as a good estimator of health status and receiving affection can be a determining factor for good self-perceived health. The aim of the present study was to assess whether lack of social support (measured through Duke scale, which ranges from 11 to 55) was associated with poorer health status measured as self-perceived health, and whether that association was different between women and men. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey. A descriptive study was performed, and logistic regression models were applied using self-perceived health as a dependent variable. Mean Duke score was 47.6 for men and 47.9 for women (<i>p</i> = 0.016). Moreover, 36.3% of women and 27.6% of men reported poor self-perceived health (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The multivariate analysis revealed that lower scores in Duke-UNC social support scale were associated with poorer health status. That association was higher in women than in men. Poor self-perceived health was also associated with low level of education and obesity, especially among women. There was gender inequality as regards health status associated with lack of social support. These results can help design prevention strategies to improve health.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/7/1502self-perceived healthhealth statussocial supportgender inequality |
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Julia Wärnberg Napoleón Pérez-Farinós María Julia Ajejas-Bazán Jéssica Pérez-López Juan Carlos Benavente-Marín Edelys Crespo-Oliva Virginia Castillo-Antúnez Olga Fernández-Barceló Silvia Valenzuela-Guerrero María Ángeles Silva-Soto F. Javier Barón-López |
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Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality |
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Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality |
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Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality |
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Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality |
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Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality |
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lack of social support and its role on self-perceived health in a representative sample of spanish adults. another aspect of gender inequality |
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Self-perceived health has been used as a good estimator of health status and receiving affection can be a determining factor for good self-perceived health. The aim of the present study was to assess whether lack of social support (measured through Duke scale, which ranges from 11 to 55) was associated with poorer health status measured as self-perceived health, and whether that association was different between women and men. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey. A descriptive study was performed, and logistic regression models were applied using self-perceived health as a dependent variable. Mean Duke score was 47.6 for men and 47.9 for women (<i>p</i> = 0.016). Moreover, 36.3% of women and 27.6% of men reported poor self-perceived health (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The multivariate analysis revealed that lower scores in Duke-UNC social support scale were associated with poorer health status. That association was higher in women than in men. Poor self-perceived health was also associated with low level of education and obesity, especially among women. There was gender inequality as regards health status associated with lack of social support. These results can help design prevention strategies to improve health. |
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