Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality

Wärnberg, JuliaPérez-Farinós, NapoleónAjejas-Bazán, María JuliaPérez-López, JéssicaBenavente-Marín, Juan CarlosCrespo-Oliva, EdelysCastillo-Antúnez, VirginiaFernández-Barceló, OlgaValenzuela-Guerrero, SilviaSilva-Soto, María ÁngelesBarón-López, F. Javier2022-10-252022-10-252021-04-04Wärnberg J, Pérez-Farinós N, Ajejas-Bazán MJ, Pérez-López J, Benavente-Marín JC, Crespo-Oliva E, et al. Lack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequality. J Clin Med. 2021 Apr 4;10(7):1502.http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4280Self-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 < 0.001). The multivariate analysis revealed that lower scores in Duke-UNC social support scale were associated with poorer health status. That association was higher in women than in men. Poor self-perceived health was also associated with low level of education and obesity, especially among women. There was gender inequality as regards health status associated with lack of social support. These results can help design prevention strategies to improve health.enAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Self-perceived healthHealth statusSocial supportGender inequalityObesityEstado de saludApoyo socialInequidad de géneroObesidadMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::FemaleMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::MaleMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cross-Sectional StudiesMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Models, Statistical::Logistic ModelsMedical Subject Headings::Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena::Social Sciences::Demography::Health StatusMedical Subject Headings::Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena::Social Sciences::Sociology::Social Environment::Social SupportMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Health SurveysMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Population Characteristics::Socioeconomic Factors::Educational StatusMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases::Nutrition Disorders::Overnutrition::ObesityMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Analysis of Variance::Multivariate AnalysisLack of Social Support and Its Role on Self-Perceived Health in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults. Another Aspect of Gender Inequalityresearch article33916528Acceso abierto10.3390/jcm100715022077-0383PMC8038426