RT Journal Article
T1 Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality
A1 Wärnberg, Julia
A1 Pérez Farinós, Napoleón
A1 Ajejas Bazán, María Julia
A1 Pérez López, Jéssica
A1 Benavente Marín, Juan Carlos
A1 Crespo Oliva, Edelys
A1 Castillo Antúnez, Virginia
A1 Fernández Barceló, Olga
A1 Valenzuela Guerrero, Silvia
A1 Silva Soto, María Ángeles
A1 Barón López, F. Javier
AB 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 (p = 0.016). Moreover, 36.3% of women and 27.6% of men reported poor self-perceived health (p < 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383
YR 2021
FD 2021-04-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7454
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7454
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 ago 2024