Associations Between Health Care Factors and Self-Reported Health Status Among Individuals with Diabetes: Results from a Community Assessment

Background: The family plays a central role in the provision and maintenance of health status of its members and all factors that contribute to achieving optimal health. Aim: To compare the health status of one-parent and two-parent families using the McMaster model of family functioning. Setting: Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design, using multi-stage simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using an adopted self-administered questionnaire from 250 purposely selected families from each sample group. The data entering was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 17.0. Results: Findings showed that one-parent fathers scored higher (mean = 74.4 ± 10.30) than two-parent fathers (70.5 ± 13.05), while one-parent mothers scored higher (mean = 69.7 ± 15.10) than two-parent mothers (mean 67.7 ± 14.78). This means that one-parent fathers have a better self-reported health status than two-parent fathers, while one-parent mothers have a better self-reported health status than two-parent mothers. One-parent fathers have the best self-reported health status. No significant (p > 0.05) difference in the health status of children from both families. Conclusion: Fathers are healthier than mothers, while one-parent fathers are healthier than two-parent fathers. Comparing the two groups of families, parents from one-parent families reported better health status than parents from two-parent families, whereas within each family group, fathers reported better health status than mothers. This places responsibility on health care professionals to explore family contexts during clinic visits so as to render a more comprehensive health care service to families.

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Control of diabetes and fibrinogen levels as well as improvement in health care might delay low cognitive performance in societies aging progressively

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/0004-282x20140189 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 22-29

Author(s):

Daniele Almeida Lopes ◽

Suzana Alves de Moraes ◽

Isabel Cristina Martins de Freitas

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Status ◽

Cognitive Performance ◽

Adult Population ◽

Population Based ◽

Sitting Time ◽

Health Related ◽

Control Of Diabetes ◽

Reported Health ◽

Self Reported Health Status

ObjectiveTo know the prevalence and factors associated to low cognitive performance in a representative sample of the adult population in a society aging progressively.MethodCross-sectional population-based study carried out in a three-stage sampling: 81 census tracts (primary sampling unity) were randomly selected, followed by 1,672 households and 2,471 participants (weighted sample) corresponding to the second and third stages, respectively. The outcome prevalence was calculated according sociodemographic, behavioral and health related variables. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regression.ResultsThe prevalence of low cognitive performance was high, mainly among females, and indicated linear trends into categories of age, schooling, income, plasma fibrinogen and self-reported health status. In multivariate models, gender, diabetes, fibrinogen and self-reported health status presented positive associations, while schooling, employment and sitting time presented negative associations with the outcome.ConclusionInterventions related to diabetes and fibrinogen levels control as well as improvement in health care might delay low cognitive performance in societies aging progressively as such the study population.

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The Association between Life Satisfaction and Self–Reported Health Status in Europe

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.2037 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 647-657 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Liisi Kööts–Ausmees ◽

Anu Realo

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Health Status ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Association ◽

Multilevel Modelling ◽

European Social Survey ◽

Country Level ◽

Reported Health ◽

Self Reported Health Status

Previous research has shown that life satisfaction (LS) and self–reported health status are strongly related to each other. However, it is not clear whether this association holds across different nations or whether certain country–level indicators significantly affect this association. The study was based on nationally representative samples of 32 countries from the first six rounds of the European Social Survey (N = 291 686). Results from hierarchical multilevel modelling indicated that there was a positive association between LS and self–reported health status across countries, but this association was slightly stronger in countries where governments spent less on the health care of their residents. Self–reported health ratings were also more strongly tied to LS judgements in countries where variability in LS ratings was larger. These results suggest that, especially in less wealthy European countries, policies should target reducing overall social inequality and the negative impact of governments’ underinvestment in health care on LS. Copyright © 2015 European Association of Personality Psychology

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