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Lv B, Zhang L, Meng K. Effect of multiple chronic conditions on family doctor contracting in the elderly in China: the moderating role of socioeconomic status. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1540. [PMID: 37573398 PMCID: PMC10422842 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16438-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND China's family doctor contracting service is an important part of deepening the reform of the healthcare systems, aiming to further develop chronic disease management services, enhance the capacity of primary health care services and improve the health of residents. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly on family doctor contracting and whether socioeconomic status played a moderating role. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Beijing, China. A total of 1814 elderly people over 60 years old were included in this study using a whole-group sampling method. The univariate analysis and logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data. RESULTS 21.72% of the elderly signed up with family doctors. The multiple chronic conditions was a factor influencing the elderly to sign up with family doctors (OR = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.28-1.61), and the higher the degree of multiple chronic conditions, the stronger willingness to sign up. Socioeconomic status positively moderates the effect of multiple chronic conditions on signing. Also, physical activity intensity (OR = 1.25, 95%CI = 1.03-1.54) and willingness to first visit primary care facilities (OR = 1.38, 95%CI = 1.25-1.54) influenced the elderly to sign up with family doctors. CONCLUSIONS The elderly with a high degree of multiple chronic conditions, high activity intensity, and a strong willingness to first visit primary care facilities were more likely to sign up with family doctors. The health literacy of the elderly should be further improved, and publicity on the family doctor contracting service policies for the elderly with lower socioeconomic status should be strengthened to guide them to sign up with family doctors. At the same time, the service capacity of primary care facilities should be further improved to meet the health needs of the elderly.
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- Bo Lv
- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, Youanmenwai Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, Youanmenwai Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, Youanmenwai Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100069, China.
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.119 South of the Fourth Ring Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
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Walker-Clarke A, Walasek L, Meyer C. Psychosocial factors influencing the eating behaviours of older adults: A systematic review. Ageing Res Rev 2022; 77:101597. [PMID: 35219902 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Our understanding of how eating behaviours change in later life have been dominated by the studies of physiological and biological influences on malnutrition. Insights from these studies were consequently used to develop interventions, which are predominantly aimed at rectifying nutritional deficiencies, as opposed to interventions that may enable older adults to eat well and enjoy their food-related life well into older age. The objective of the present review is to summarise the existing knowledge base on psychosocial influences on eating behaviours in later life. Following comprehensive searches, review, and appraisal, 53 articles were included (22 qualitative and 31 quantitative) to provide a greater understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the psychosocial factors influencing eating behaviours. Our analysis identified eight underpinning psychosocial factors that influences eating behaviours in later life; (1) health awareness & attitudes, (2) food decision making, (3) perceived dietary control, (4) mental health & mood, (5) food emotions & enjoyment, (6) eating arrangements, (7) social facilitation, and (8) social support. The importance and lasting influence of early food experiences were also identified as contributing to eating behaviours in later life. The review concludes with the call for further investigation into specific psychosocial factors that influence eating behaviour, calls for improvements in methodologies, and a summary of psychosocial barriers and enablers to eating well in later life.
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- Aimee Walker-Clarke
- Applied Psychology Group, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
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- Behavioural Science, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
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- Vice-Provost and Chair of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
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Hoenink JC, Waterlander W, Beulens JWJ, Mackenbach JD. The role of material and psychosocial resources in explaining socioeconomic inequalities in diet: A structural equation modelling approach. SSM Popul Health 2022; 17:101025. [PMID: 35097184 PMCID: PMC8783096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We examined whether material and psychosocial resources may explain socioeconomic differences in diet quality. Cross-sectional survey data from 1461 Dutch adults (42.5 (SD 13.7) years on average and 64% female) on socio-demographics, diet quality, psychosocial factors and perceptions of and objective healthiness of the food environment were used in a structural equation model to examine mediating pathways. Indicators for socioeconomic position (SEP) were income, educational, and occupational level and the 2015 Dutch Healthy Diet (DHD15) index assessed diet quality. Material resources included food expenditure, perceptions of healthy food accessibility and healthfulness of the food retail environment. Psychosocial resources were cooking skills, resilience to unhealthy food environments, insensitivity to food cues and healthy eating habits. Higher SEP was associated with better diet quality; Beducation 8.5 (95%CI 6.7; 10.3), Bincome 5.8 (95%CI 3.7; 7.8) and Boccupation 7.5 (95%CI 5.5; 9.4). Material resources did not mediate the association between SEP and diet quality and neither did the psychosocial resources insensitivity to food cues and eating habits. Cooking skills mediated between 13.3% and 19.0% and resilience to unhealthy food environments mediated between 5.9% and 8.6% of the relation between SEP and the DHD15-index. Individual-level factors such as cooking skills can only explain a small proportion of the SEP differences in diet quality. On top of other psychosocial and material resources not included in this study, it is likely that structural factors outside the individual, such as financial, work and living circumstances also play an important role.
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- Jody C Hoenink
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, De Boelelaan, 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Upstream Team, www.upstreamteam.nl, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, De Boelelaan, 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, De Boelelaan, 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Upstream Team, www.upstreamteam.nl, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
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Jung S, Whittemore R, Jeon S, Nam S. Mediating roles of psychological factors and physical and social environments between socioeconomic status and dietary behaviors among African Americans with overweight or obesity. Res Nurs Health 2021; 44:513-524. [PMID: 33782981 PMCID: PMC8068664 DOI: 10.1002/nur.22130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The study aim was to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and dietary behaviors through psychological and environmental mediators among African Americans with overweight or obesity. We conducted a cross-sectional study in 225 African American men and women. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with bootstrapping procedures. In the multiple mediation model, SES had a significant indirect effect on dietary behaviors through psychological and environmental factors (β = -.27; p = .01; 95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.59--0.10), but it had no significant direct effect on dietary behaviors (β = .06; p = .70; 95% CI = -0.21-0.39). SES had significant direct effects on psychological (β = .52; p = .01; 95% CI = 0.31-0.77) and environmental factors (β = -.40; p = .03; 95% CI = -0.53--0.25). Psychological (β = -.31; p = .02; 95% CI = -0.68--0.04) and environmental factors (β = .26; p = .01; 95% CI = 0.04-0.47) also showed significant direct effects on dietary behaviors. Thus, psychological and environmental factors mediated the relationship between SES and dietary behaviors in African Americans with overweight or obesity. Interventions that enhance psychological and environmental factors such as self-efficacy, perceived barriers to healthy eating, health perceptions, and physical and social environments may improve dietary behaviors among socioeconomically disadvantaged African Americans.
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- Sunyoung Jung
- Yale University, School of Nursing, Orange, CT 06477
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- Yale University, School of Nursing, Orange, CT 06477
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Sugisawa H, Harada K, Sugihara Y, Yanagisawa S, Shimmei M. Time perspectives as mediators of the associations between socio-economic status and health behaviours in older Japanese adults. Psychol Health 2019; 35:1000-1016. [PMID: 31698958 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2019.1686505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Objective: Few studies have used time perspective (TP) theory to examine the factors mediating the association between socio-economic status (SES) and health behaviours (i.e. the psychological mechanisms that underlie SES differences in health behaviours). The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects of TPs on the relationship between SES and health behaviours in older Japanese adults. Design: In total, 761 participants living in the Tokyo metropolitan area participated in face-to-face interviews in 2016. Outcome measures: Health behaviours were measured using three indicators: participation in exercise, healthy dietary habits and smoking status. SES was composed of educational attainment and annual income. TPs were measured using the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, which consisted of five subcategories: the past-negative, past-positive, present-hedonistic, present-fatalistic and future perspectives. Results: Among these five subcategories, none mediated both SES and health behaviours. Conclusion: TPs might not contribute to the appearance of SES differences in health behaviours in older adults.
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jissen Women's University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urban Science and Policy, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Science and Social Welfare, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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Psychosocial Mediators between Socioeconomic Status and Dietary Restrictions among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in Japan. Int J Nephrol 2019; 2019:7647356. [PMID: 31139469 PMCID: PMC6500646 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7647356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The generalizability of differences in dietary restrictions (DRs) as function of socioeconomic status (SES) and the pathways of the associations between SES and DRs remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed to explore SES differences in DRs and psychosocial mediators between SES and DRs in Japanese patients receiving hemodialysis. This study was a cross-sectional survey of 6,644 outpatients (average age = 66.5 years; 65% males) of hemodialysis facilities across Japan. DRs were assessed by self-reported and objective measures, and SES was assessed based on education and income. Three psychosocial mediators were used: self-efficacy, control expectancy, and social support. Indirect influences of SES through the mediators were evaluated with a multiple mediator model. Although higher education was significantly associated with higher self-reported DRs, higher income was significantly associated with lower self-reported DRs. Significant SES differences in objective DRs were not observed. The relationships between education and self-reported DRs and objective DRs were significantly mediated by self-efficacy and/or control expectancy. The influences of income were mediated by social support. It becomes possible to design interventions targeting modifiable psychosocial factors including self-efficacy, control expectancy, and social support in order to reduce SES inequalities in DRs.
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Health, psychological, social and environmental mediators between socio-economic inequalities and participation in exercise among elderly Japanese. AGEING & SOCIETY 2019. [DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x1900014x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AbstractThis study examined which of the identified health, psychological, social and environmental mediators could most effectively explain the socio-economic status (SES)-based differences in participation in exercise among elderly Japanese. The candidates for mediators were composed based on the socio-ecological model. A representative sample of people 65 years and older living in two areas with different residential SES in Tokyo, Japan produced 739 effective participants. The intensity of exercise was evaluated based on whether the participants exercise for 30 minutes or longer twice a week, or for 20 minutes or longer three times a week. SES was evaluated by education and income. Mediators were assessed through four dimensions: (a) health, (b) psychological status, (c) social relations and (d) environmental context. As a result, SES's indirect effect through the mediators was evaluated using a multiple mediator model. The influence of both education and income on exercise was mediated by self-efficacy for exercise and social support for exercise. Self-efficacy for exercise had the strongest effect, while social support for exercise explained more of the income differences affecting participation in exercise than it did regarding educational differences. Self-efficacy for exercise may have the strongest effect as a mediator, which would explain the differences in participation in exercise among elderly Japanese based on education and income.
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What influences diet quality in older people? A qualitative study among community-dwelling older adults from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study, UK. Public Health Nutr 2017; 20:2685-2693. [PMID: 28724471 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980017001203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore influences on diet in a group of community-dwelling older adults in the UK. DESIGN Data were collected through focus group discussions with older people; discussions were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and transcripts analysed thematically. SETTING Hertfordshire, UK. SUBJECTS Participants were sampled purposively from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study, focusing on those whose diets had been assessed at two time points: 1998-2001 and 2011. RESULTS Ninety-two adults participated (47 % women; 74-83 years) and eleven focus groups were held. A number of age-related factors were identified that were linked to food choices, including lifelong food experiences, retirement, bereavement and medical conditions, as well as environmental factors (such as transport). There appeared to be variability in how individuals responded to these influences, indicating that other underlying factors may mediate the effects of age-related factors on diet. Discussions about 'keeping going', being motivated to 'not give up', not wanting to be perceived as 'old', as well as examples of resilience and coping strategies, suggest the importance of mediating psychological factors. In addition, discussion about social activities and isolation, community spirit and loneliness, indicated the importance of social engagement as an influence on diet. CONCLUSIONS Interventions to promote healthier diets in older age should take account of underlying psychological and social factors that influence diet, which may mediate the effects of age-related factors.
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Bloom I, Edwards M, Jameson KA, Syddall HE, Dennison E, Gale CR, Baird J, Cooper C, Aihie Sayer A, Robinson S. Influences on diet quality in older age: the importance of social factors. Age Ageing 2017; 46:277-283. [PMID: 27744301 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background poor diet quality is common among older people, but little is known about influences on food choice, including the role of psychosocial factors at this age. Objective to identify psychosocial correlates of diet quality in a community-dwelling population of men and women aged 59-73 years; to describe relationships with change in diet quality over 10 years. Design Longitudinal cohort, Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS). Subjects HCS participants assessed at baseline (1998-2003: 1,048 men, 862 women); 183 men and 189 women re-assessed in 2011. Methods diet was assessed by administered food frequency questionnaire; diet scores were calculated to describe diet quality at baseline and follow-up. A range of psychosocial factors (social support, social network, participation in leisure activities, depression and anxiety, sense of control) were assessed by questionnaire. Results at baseline, better diet quality was related to a range of social factors, including increased confiding/emotional social support (men and women), practical support (men) and a larger social network (women) (all P < 0.05). For both men and women, greater participation in social and cognitive leisure activities was related to better diet quality (P < 0.005). There were few associations between measured psychosocial factors at baseline and change in diet score over 10 years, in the follow-up sub-group. However, greater participation in leisure activities, especially cognitive activities, at baseline was associated with smaller declines in diet quality over the 10-year follow-up period for both men (P = 0.017) and women (P = 0.014). Conclusions in community-dwelling older adults, a range of social factors, that includes greater participation in leisure activities, were associated with diets of better quality.
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- Ilse Bloom
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Nutrition Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing and Chronic Disease, Newcastle University and Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Ageing Geriatrics & Epidemiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care: Wessex, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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