Plain English summary
Background
Methods
Data and sample
Measures
Statistical analysis
Results
Univariate analysis of sample characteristics
Variables | Valid values n | Missing values n (%) | Mn | Mx | M | SD |
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Sociodemographic factors | ||||||
Age in years | 1635 | 52 (3.1) | 65 | 98 | 76.4 | 6.3 |
Genderb | 1661 | 26 (1.5) | 0 | 1 | 0.52a | 0.5 |
Partnership statusc | 1661 | 26 (1.5) | 0 | 1 | 0.72a | 0.5 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||||||
Educational level | 1666 | 21 (1.2) | 1 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.6 |
Occupational status | 1650 | 37 (2.2) | 1 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
Income | 1593 | 94 (5.6) | 1 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.9 |
Psychosocial factors | ||||||
Internal health locus of control | 1633 | 54 (3.2) | 1 | 5 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
External health locus of control | 1642 | 45 (2.7) | 1 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
Social support | 1647 | 40 (2.4) | 3 | 14 | 9.7 | 2.0 |
Behavioural factors | ||||||
Smokingd | 1674 | 13 (0.8) | 0 | 1 | 0.06a | 0.2 |
Alcohol use | 1516 | 171 (10.1) | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
Physical activity | 1628 | 59 (3.5) | 2 | 12 | 8.2 | 2.4 |
SF-36 component summaries | ||||||
Physical health-related quality of life | 1528 | 159 (9.4) | 6 | 66 | 43.9 | 10.3 |
Mental health-related quality of life | 1528 | 159 (9.4) | 4 | 70 | 50.0 | 9.7 |
Multivariable relationships between social factors and health-related quality of life
Model | M 1 | M 2 | M 3 | M 4 | ||||
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β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | |
Sociodemographic factors | ||||||||
Age | − 0.36 | < 0.001 | − 0.34 | < 0.001 | − 0.28 | < 0.001 | − 0.25 | < 0.001 |
Gendera | − 0.07 | 0.007 | − 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.57 |
Partnership statusb | 0.05 | 0.046 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.15 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||||||||
Educational level | 0.09 | 0.001 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | ||
Occupational status | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.97 | − 0.01 | 0.69 | ||
Income | 0.08 | 0.003 | 0.08 | 0.001 | 0.07 | 0.004 | ||
Psychosocial factors | ||||||||
Internal health locus of control | 0.32 | < 0.001 | 0.29 | < 0.001 | ||||
External health locus of control | − 0.19 | < 0.001 | − 0.14 | < 0.001 | ||||
Social support | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.01 | ||||
Behavioural factors | ||||||||
Smokingc | 0.02 | 0.43 | ||||||
Alcohol use | 0.08 | 0.001 | ||||||
Physical activity | 0.24 | < 0.001 | ||||||
R2 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.34 | ||||
Adj. R2 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.34 | ||||
Δ R2 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.05 | ||||
F | 93.83 | < 0.001 | 54.42 | < 0.001 | 73.46 | < 0.001 | 72.58 | < 0.001 |
Model | M 1 | M 2 | M 3 | M 4 | ||||
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β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | |
Sociodemographic factors | ||||||||
Age | − 0.16 | < 0.001 | − 0.14 | < 0.001 | − 0.09 | < 0.001 | − 0.09 | 0.001 |
Gender a | − 0.11 | < 0.001 | − 0.07 | 0.01 | − 0.06 | 0.02 | − 0.06 | 0.02 |
Partnership status b | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.29 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||||||||
Educational level | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.23 | ||
Occupational status | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.39 | ||
Income | 0.14 | < 0.001 | 0.11 | < 0.001 | 0.11 | < 0.001 | ||
Psychosocial factors | ||||||||
Internal health locus of control | 0.14 | < 0.001 | 0.13 | < 0.001 | ||||
External health locus of control | − 0.15 | < 0.001 | − 0.13 | < 0.001 | ||||
Social support | 0.24 | < 0.001 | 0.23 | < 0.001 | ||||
Behavioural factors | ||||||||
Smoking c | − 0.02 | 0.38 | ||||||
Alcohol use | 0.01 | 0.73 | ||||||
Physical activity | 0.11 | < 0.001 | ||||||
R2 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.18 | ||||
Adj. R2 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.18 | ||||
Δ R2 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.01 | ||||
F | 27.48 | < 0.001 | 23.91 | < 0.001 | 38.60 | < 0.001 | 31.39 | < 0.001 |