Associations with social networks, social support, health status and psychiatric morbidity in three samples of elderly people

Bowling, Ann and Farquhar, Morag ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7991-7679 (1991) Associations with social networks, social support, health status and psychiatric morbidity in three samples of elderly people. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 26 (3). pp. 115-126. ISSN 0933-7954

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Abstract

The effects of social network structure, support and physical health status on psychiatric morbidity were investigated among 1415 people over retirement age who took part in three independent but comparable surveys in London (urban area) and Essex (semi rural area). Multivariate analysis showed that the model explained between 14.3% and 28.6% of the variation in psychiatric morbidity in the three samples. Poor health status was a more powerful predictor of psychiatric morbidity than the social network variables. Age and sex contributed little to the model. The model was strongest among the two samples of Hackney respondents.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Related URLs:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1887...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2016 12:00
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61115
DOI:	10.1007/BF00782950

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