Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis
| العنوان: | Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis |
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| المؤلفون: | Pia Solin, Katariina Mankinen, Nina Tamminen, Tytti Pasanen, Tuija Martelin |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) BMC Public Health |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Quality of life, medicine.medical_specialty, Social life, Single occupancy households, Health status, Psychological well-being, Diagnostic Self Evaluation, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), 030502 gerontology, Epidemiology, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Location, Finland, business.industry, Research, Flourishing, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Latent class model, Cross-Sectional Studies, Latent Class Analysis, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Biostatistics, 0305 other medical science, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background Living alone has increased globally and especially in Finland where 45% of all households are single occupancy. Epidemiological research has found that living alone a risk factor for a wide range of adversities related to quality of life but the rapidly-changing demographics of people living alone calls for a more detailed investigation of their subjective health status. Methods Using a cross-sectional survey sent for a random sample of Finnish residents in single-person households (n = 884), we explored with latent class analysis whether the respondents form different health profiles based on the three health dimensions defined by the World Health Organization: physical, social, and mental well-being. The identified groups were then compared in terms of demographic characteristics with the χ2 test and quality of life using linear regression models. Sensitivity analyses were run using more refined, manual 3-step BCH method. Results Four distinct health profiles were found: Languishing (4%), Managing (35%), Healthy (30%), and Flourishing (31%). The groups differed in most socio-demographic aspects such as marital and employment status, but not in terms of geographic location or gender (apart from group Languishing that contained more men). Controlling for these socio-demographic differences, all groups showed different average levels of perceived quality of life to the expected direction. Conclusions Our findings suggest that people living alone are indeed a very heterogeneous group in terms of subjective health. Instead of seeing living alone as a mere risk for low quality of life, concept of living alone should be understood more broadly both in public discussion and scientific research. |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d6f25116abf2c56940df3507d4926aa7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11396-2 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d6f25116abf2c56940df3507d4926aa7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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