scholarly journals The Effects Of Latent Classes Of Stress On Health Outcomes In Korean Middle-aged Adults: A Focus On Gender Differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 874-874
Author(s):  
Kyuyoung Cho
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Latent Classes ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Class Model ◽  
Middle Aged Adults ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Abstract This study indicated the effect of the latent classes of stress on the physical and psychological health outcomes in Korea. Using the 2010 Korea Health Panel Study, 1,689 middle-aged adults (women: n=793, men: n=896) were analyzed to identify the latent classes of stress by gender using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA). After the determination of the number of latent classes, health outcomes (anxiety/depression and health status) were also regressed on the latent classes including covariates (age, marital status, and education level). The perceived stresses (financial diversity, disease of self or family, children’s education, and family conflicts) are classified as the 2-class model for women and the 3-class model for men. The classes of women are named ‘high stress and ‘low stress; however, the classes of men are named ‘family-related stress’, ‘disease stress’, and ‘low stress.’ The different combinations of stress are associated with anxiety/depression and health status respectively. This study will discuss the difference of latent stress classes by gender and extend the understanding of stress groups and health outcomes.

scholarly journals The health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness of late middle-aged adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-401
Author(s):  
Hae Kyung Chang
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Aging Anxiety ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness and to investigate the main factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults.Methods: The study collected data from a total of 153 middle-aged men and women aged 50 to 64 years old from a consumer panel of Macromill-Embrain, the biggest online survey provider in Korea. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and a stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS 22.0 program.Results: The subjects’ happiness mean score was 16.17±9.29. Statistically significant differences in happiness were found according to education (F=4.38, p=.014), economic status (t=5.13, p<.001), and religion (t=2.18, p=.031). Happiness was correlated significantly with health status (r=.41, p<.001), aging anxiety (r=-.62, p<.001), family support (r=.43, p<.001), friend support (r=.36, p<.001) and generativity (r=.63, p<.001). The factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults were generativity (β=.37, p<.001), aging anxiety (β=-.35, p<.001), family support (β=.20, p<.001), and economic status (β=.13, p=.033). The explanatory power of the model was 58.0%.Conclusion: This study will be used as basic data when developing a nursing intervention program for successful aging by identifying factors that affect the happiness of late middle-aged adults.

Social participation and self-reported health in China: evidence from Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
MA. Xinxin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Health Effect ◽  
Random Effects Model ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

PurposeSocial participation (SP) has been shown to have a favorable impact on health status, particularly among elders in developed countries. However, empirical study is scarce for China. This study explores the relation between social participation (SP) and health status among middle-aged adults and elders in China when controlled socioeconomic characteristics of individuals.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs an empirical study based on the data from a three-wave national longitudinal survey: the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011, 2013 to 2015. It collects data from 28,895 individuals aged 45–84. It uses lagged variable method (LV) to address the reverse causality problem, and the random-effects model or fixed-effect model to address the heterogeneity problem.FindingsThe paper finds the social participation positively affect self-reported health statistically. The influence of social participation on self-reported health flows through two channels: the improved mental health effect (SP-MH-SRH channel) and the increased income effect (SP-income-SRH channel). In comparison with the SAP-income-SRH channel, the influence of the SP-MH-SRH channel l is greater.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, the absence of other measures of volunteering, such as hours of social participation that are not available in the employed dataset. Second, even though the LV model and FE model are used in the paper, there may remain the endogeneity problem in the results. Third, the influences of formal and informal social participation should be distinguished in the future research.Social implicationsSocial participation may improve the self-reported health status. The influence of SP on health may be due to the improved mental health effect (SP-MH-SRH channel). In order to improve the mental and physical health status of middle-aged adults and elders the government should consider even more promotion of social participation.Originality/valueFirst, this paper focuses on the correlation between social participation and well-being (self-reported health) of middle-aged adults and elderly in China, the previous studies on the issue for China are scarce. Second, this paper uses the lagged variable method (LV) to address the reverse causal relation problem, and the fixed-effects model or the random-effects model to address the heterogeneity problem. Third, the two channels (the improved mental health effect and the increased income effect) are firstly investigated in this study.

scholarly journals Health behaviors and health status of Korean middleaged men by marital status: Korea Community Health Study, 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. e2019019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongho Jee ◽  
Youngtae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown that marital status is associated with household composition and living arrangements, which partially explain observed differences in health status according to marital status. However, due to the rapid socioeconomic and demographic transformations of the last few decades, the distribution of marital status among middle-aged adults has become more diverse. Therefore, this study aimed to obtain up-to-date information on the associations between marital status and health and to investigate the implications of these findings for conventional explanations of the health effects of marriage.METHODS: The data for this study were obtained from the 2015 Korean Community Health Study. We compared 4 modifiable lifestyle behaviors—smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and self-rated health status—as outcome variables in association with marital status in Korean middle-aged men (age 40-44) living in Seoul and other regions.RESULTS: Married men showed the lowest cigarette smoking prevalence and the highest subjective health status both before and after adjusting for education and income. The odds of engaging in vigorous physical activity did not show a major difference before and after adjustment for income and education.CONCLUSIONS: In married men, the prevalence of cigarette smoking was lowest and subjective health status was highest, similar to previous studies. However, the prevalence of engaging in physical activity was highest in divorced/widowed/separated men. The health behaviors and health status of Korean middle-aged adults should be more closely followed, since they are representative of demographic changes in the Korean population.

scholarly journals Contribution of Character Strengths to Psychology Stress, Sleep Quality, and Subjective Health Status in a Sample of Chinese Nurses

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-e Zhang ◽  
Li-bin Yang ◽  
Chen-xi Zhao ◽  
Yu Shi ◽  
Hong-ni Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Subjective Health Status

Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to describe the current state of character strengths (CSs) of nurses; explain how they affect stress, sleep quality, and subjective health status; and reveal the mediating role of stress for the subject matter on the association between CSs, sleep quality, and subjective health status.Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted from September to October 2020 in China. A multistage stratified sampling method was used, and 1,221 valid questionnaires across 100 cities in 31 provinces were collected.Results: For the participants in this survey, the three dimensions of CSs ranging from high to low were caring (4.20 ± 0.640), self-control (3.53 ± 0.763), and inquisitiveness (3.37 ± 0.787). There was difference in CSs scores across age (F = 8.171, P &lt; 0.01), professional categories (F = 5.545, P &lt; 0.01), and job tenure (F = 9.470, P &lt; 0.01). The results showed that CSs significantly affected the psychological stress (β = −0.365, P&lt; 0.01), sleep quality (β = 0.312, P&lt; 0.01), and subjective health (β = 0.398, P&lt; 0.01) of nurses. Moreover, psychological stress partially mediated the association between CSs and both types of health outcomes.Conclusion: In China, the CSs of nurses are at high levels. We find that nurses with high-level CSs are likely to experience less psychological stress and exhibit healthy psycho–physiological responses, which contribute to positive health outcomes. Finally, our study argues that strength-based interventions of positive psychology in hospitals should be provided to minimize threats to the physical and psychological health of health professionals, which is a beneficial choice for future hospital reforms in the domain of occupational health management.

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