scholarly journals Social support, self-perceived health and mental status of general population of Republic of Srpska

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 180-185
Author(s):  
Jelena Niskanovic ◽  
Sladjana Siljak
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Mental Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
National Health Survey ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Introduction. Social support is defined as perception of how other people take care of us, how they understand our needs and give us support. Social support has positive influence on health, adoption of healthy lifestyles and recovery from illness. Objective. The aim of this paper is to detect the level of social support across different socio-demographic groups and to analyze relationship between social support, self-perceived health and mental well-being. Methods. Data from the 2010 Household Survey (National Health Survey) for the Republic of Srpska were used. A specially designed questionnaire was used, developed on the basis of internationally recognized and accepted instruments. Representative sample of 4,178 persons aged 18 and older were interviewed. Results. The obtained results showed that the level of social support was the lowest among the oldest population, persons with the lowest level of education unemployed and unmarried. There was present relationship between social support, self-perceived health and mental health (distress/stress and vitality). It was detected that males mostly lived alone relying on help from neighbors, while females mostly lived with other household members and relied more on persons close to them. Conclusion. Social support appears to be related to mental status and self-perceived health. The results are intertwined with different age groups and they can provide baseline for further analysis of causal relationship between social support and mental and physical health among different age categories. Detecting a link among social support, mental and physical health could provide insight into the mechanisms of social support influencing health status and behaviour.

scholarly journals Positive psychological profiles based on perceived health clustering in patients with cardiovascular disease: a longitudinal study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e050818
Author(s):  
Rosario Castillo-Mayén ◽  
Bárbara Luque ◽  
Sebastián Jesús Rubio ◽  
Esther Cuadrado ◽  
Tamara Gutiérrez-Domingo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Psychological Profiles ◽  
Cardiovascular Patients ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

ObjectivesPsychological well-being and sociodemographic factors have been associated with cardiovascular health. Positive psychological well-being research is limited in the literature; as such, this study aimed to investigate how patients with cardiovascular disease could be classified according to their perceived mental and physical health, and to identify positive psychological profiles based on this classification and test their stability over time.Design and settingLongitudinal study with patients from a public hospital located in Córdoba (Spain).ParticipantsThis study comprised 379 cardiovascular patients (87.3% men) tested at three measurement points.Outcome measuresParticipants reported their sociodemographic variables (age, sex, educational level, employment and socioeconomic status) at phase 1, while their perceived health and variables relating to positive psychological well-being were tested at this and two subsequent time points (average interval time: 9 months).ResultsThe two-step cluster analysis classified participants into three groups according to their mental and physical health levels, p<0.001: high (n=76), moderate (n=113) and low (n=189) perceived health clusters. Low perceived health was the largest cluster, comprising almost half of patients. Clusters significantly differed according to sex, p=0.002, and socioeconomic level, p=0.004. The profile analysis indicated that participants in the high perceived health cluster showed high positive affect, positivity, life satisfaction, and self-efficacy in emotion regulation, and less negative affect and use of passive strategies over the three measurement points (95% CI, all ps<0.01). Moreover, psychological profile stability for each cluster was generally found over an 18-month period, all ps<0.05.ConclusionCardiovascular patients may differ in terms of their perceived health and, accordingly, in terms of other relevant variables. Perceived health clusters generated varying and generally stable psychological profiles based on positive psychological well-being variables. Psychological interventions should be adapted to patients’ requirements.

Mental and physical health

2018 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Mike McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Population Mental Health ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Health And Well Being

Until recently the biomedical model dominated thinking about both physical health and mental health in Western society. It is now more useful to frame health as an integrated totality—one that includes physiological functioning, psychological and spiritual processes, and behaviour. This chapter explores this emerging agenda and focuses on well-being and prevention, particularly where well-being and prevention impact on both physical and mental illness. Evidence tells us that by strengthening mental health and well-being we not only reduce the risk of mental illness, but we also enhance physical health and population health more widely. Equally, improving physical health has a significantly positive influence on population mental health. We can increasingly exploit our understanding of these interconnections and release their potential to tackle some of the pressing health and well-being challenges we face. We have an opportunity to meaningfully draw physical and mental health together as a mutually dependent, integrated whole.

Loneliness in Malta: Findings from the first National Prevalence Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110201
Author(s):  
Marilyn Clark ◽  
Jamie Bonnici ◽  
Andrew Azzopardi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Prevalence Studies ◽  
Mortgage Payment ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
National Prevalence

Loneliness has been examined by an increasing number of scholars, being implicated in numerous detrimental outcomes for mental and physical health. However, most loneliness prevalence studies have focused on particular age groups, thus overlooking how loneliness differs across the lifespan. This study assessed loneliness prevalence in a nationally representative sample ( n = 1,009) of the Maltese population aged 11 years and above using the 11-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, while also identifying associations between loneliness and sociodemographic factors. Results demonstrate that 43.5% of the Maltese population experiences some form of loneliness. The association between loneliness and age demonstrates a nonlinear relationship, with elevated loneliness rates among adolescents, which decrease slightly in early adulthood, before slowly increasing from age 35 onward. Loneliness is also significantly associated with education level, employment status, household composition, mortgage payment status, perception of income, presence of a disability, active citizenship, as well as self-rated physical health, coping ability, and subjective wellbeing. These findings indicate that loneliness is experienced in significant rates across the lifespan, and intervention efforts should be targeted toward individuals of all ages.

scholarly journals Positivity in Mental and Physical Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Urvashi Sharma ◽  
Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
Physical Wellbeing ◽  
Good Nutrition ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Mental health refers to our overall psychological well-being. It includes the way we feel about our self, the quality of our relationships, and our ability to manage our feelings and deal with difficulties. Good mental health isn’t just the absence of mental health problems. People who are emotionally or mentally healthy are in control of their emotions and their behavior. They are able to handle life’s challenges, build strong relationships, and recover from setbacks. Positive mental health is a state of well-being in which we realize our abilities, can cope with life’s normal stresses, and can work regularly and productively. Physical health means a good body health, which is healthy because of regular physical activity, good nutrition, and adequate rest. Physical health can be determined by considering someone’s height/weight ratio, their Body Mass Index. Another term for physical health is physical wellbeing. Physical wellbeing is defined as something a person can achieve by developing all health-related components of his/her lifestyle. It can be concluded that mental and physical health is fundamentally linked. There are multiple associations between mental health and chronic physical conditions that significantly impact people’s quality of life. Just as physical fitness helps our bodies to stay strong, mental fitness helps us to achieve and sustain a state of good mental health. When we are mentally healthy, we enjoy our life and environment, and the people in it.

Stress and Social Support in Mental and Physical Health of Chinese Students in Japan

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1303-1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuh Huey Jou ◽  
Hiromi Fukada
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Buffering Effect ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

This study examined the influence of stress and social support on mental and physical health and happiness of 175 Chinese students enrolled in 13 Japanese universities. Needed support accounted for only 10% of the variance in reported stress, indicating that the relation between the two variables was not strong and they were generally independent. With greater scores on stress or needed support and lower scores on perceived or received support, depression and somatic complaints become more severe. The higher the scores on perceived or received support, the higher the reported happiness Both perceived and received support showed a buffering effect on somatic complaints. Finally, stress and needed support had an interesting interaction, indicating that only among students reporting more stress did students who experienced greater need for support report more severe depression than those who experienced less need for support.

scholarly journals Effects of Wellness Conscious Buildings on the Well-being and Comfort of Workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 02047
Author(s):  
Sosui Nakamura ◽  
Shin-ichi Tanabe ◽  
Junta Fujisawa ◽  
Emi Takai ◽  
Sayana Tsushima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Health It ◽  
Synergy Effects ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

In recent years, Mental and physical health of office workers is regarded as a problem and the office buildings which improve workers’ wellness. The WELL Building Standard was announced with the aim of improving the health condition of building users in 2014. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the improvement of the health condition of the office workers who work at the office applying WELL Building Standard. To achieve this purpose, low-score office and high-score office for WELL Building Standard scores were created by changing the indoor environment and furniture in the office, and subject experiments in which we perform the work were conducted in each condition. From the experimental results, we propose environmental control and introduction furniture to verify changes in health condition of office workers, to improve the wellness of building users, and to bring synergy effects to health. It was confirmed that working at plural spaces which workers chose themselves.

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