Mental well-being of the general population: direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic, relational and health factors.
Qual Life Res
; 30(8): 2171-2185, 2021 Aug.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-33847868
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aim of this study was to analyse the association between individual mental well-being and social, economic, lifestyle and health factors.METHODS:
Cross-sectional study on a representative sample of 13,632 participants (> 15y/o) from the Catalan Health Interview Survey 2013-2016 editions. Mental well-being was assessed with the Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). Linear regressions were fitted to associate well-being and sociodemographic, relational, lifestyle and health variables according to minimally sufficient adjustment sets identified using directed acyclic graphs. Predictors entered the model in blocks of variable types and analysed individually. Direct and total effects were estimated.RESULTS:
Health factors significantly contributed to mental well-being variance. Presence of a mental disorder and self-reported health had the largest effect size (eta2 = 13.4% and 16.3%). The higher individual impact from a variable came from social support (ß = - 12.8, SE = 0.48, eta2 = 6.3%). A noticeable effect gradient (eta2 = 4.2%) from low to high mental well-being emerged according to economic difficulties (from ß = 1.59, SE = 0.33 for moderate difficulties to ß = 6.02 SE = 0.55 for no difficulties). Younger age (ß = 5.21, SE = 0.26, eta2 = 3.4%) and being men (ß = 1.32, SE = 0.15, eta2 = 0.6%) were associated with better mental well-being. Direct gender effects were negligible.CONCLUSIONS:
This study highlights health and social support as the most associated factors with individual mental well-being over socioeconomic factors. Interventions and policies aimed to these factors for health promotion would improve population mental well-being.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Health Status
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Mental Health
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Social Determinants of Health
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Qual Life Res
Journal subject:
REABILITACAO
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TERAPEUTICA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España
Publication country:
HOLANDA
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HOLLAND
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NETHERLANDS
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NL
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PAISES BAJOS
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THE NETHERLANDS