RT Journal Article
T1 Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality.
A1 Wärnberg, Julia
A1 Pérez-Farinós, Napoleón
A1 Ajejas-Bazán, María Julia
A1 Pérez-López, Jéssica
A1 Benavente-Marín, Juan Carlos
A1 Crespo-Oliva, Edelys
A1 Castillo-Antúnez, Virginia
A1 Fernández-Barceló, Olga
A1 Valenzuela-Guerrero, Silvia
A1 Silva-Soto, María Ángeles
A1 Barón-López, F Javier
K1 gender inequality
K1 health status
K1 self-perceived health
K1 social support
AB Self-perceived health has been used as a good estimator of health status and receiving affection can be a determining factor for good self-perceived health. The aim of the present study was to assess whether lack of social support (measured through Duke scale, which ranges from 11 to 55) was associated with poorer health status measured as self-perceived health, and whether that association was different between women and men. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey. A descriptive study was performed, and logistic regression models were applied using self-perceived health as a dependent variable. Mean Duke score was 47.6 for men and 47.9 for women (p = 0.016). Moreover, 36.3% of women and 27.6% of men reported poor self-perceived health (p
SN 2077-0383
YR 2021
FD 2021-04-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25123
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25123
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 17, 2025