AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 146, n° 6, 1997, pages 510-519, 57 réf., ISSN 0002-9262, USA
PENNINX (Bwjh), VAN TILBURG (T.), KRIEGSMAN (D.M.W.), DEEG (D.J.H.), BOEKE (A.J.P.), VAN EIJK (J.T.M.)
This study focuses on the role of social support and personal coping resources in relation to mortality among older persons in the Netherlands.
Data are from a sample of 2,829 noninstitutionalized people aged between 55 and 85 years who took part in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1992-1995.
Social support was operationally defined by structural, functional, and perceived aspects, and personal coping resources included measures of mastery, self-efficacy, and self-esteem.
Mortality data were obtained during a follow-up of 29 months, on average.
Cox proportional hazards regression models revealed that having fewer feelings of loneliness and greater feelings of mastery are directly associated with a reduced mortality risk when age, sex, chronic diseases, use of alcohol, smoking, self-rated health, and functional limitations are controlled for.
In addition, persons who received a moderate level of emotional support (odds ratio (OR)=0.49,95% confidence interval (Cl) 0.33-0.72) and those who received a high level of support (OR=0.68,95% Cl 0.47-0.98) had reduced mortality risks when compared with persons who received a low level of emotional support.
Receipt of a high level of instrumental support was related to a higher risk of death (OR=1.74,95% CI 1.12-2.69).
Interaction between disease status and social support or personal coping resources on mortality could not be demonstrated.
Mots-clés BDSP : Support social, Relation sociale, Epidémiologie, Létalité, Taux, Grand âge, Homme, Europe, Etude prospective, Pays Bas
Mots-clés Pascal : Support social, Réseau social, Interaction sociale, Coping, Comportement individuel, Epidémiologie, Mortalité, Taux, Vieillard, Homme, Pays Bas, Europe, Prospective
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Social support, Social network, Social interaction, Coping, Individual behavior, Epidemiology, Mortality, Rate, Elderly, Human, Netherlands, Europe, Prospective
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Cote : 97-0489127
Code Inist : 002B30A01A2. Création : 03/02/1998.