SynthesisAging & mental health2016
Socio-economic position and subjective health and well-being among older people in Europe: a systematic narrative review.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- The Social Effects of Exergames on Older Adults: Systematic Review and Metric Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
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- Impact of socioeconomic status on obesity in older adults: the suppressive effect of social support and sleep quality.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Life satisfaction as compared with traditional risk factors in relation to incident cardiovascular diseases.European journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- A vertical-horizontal approach to examine social inequalities in early onset type 2 diabetes in the German workforce through occupational sector, education and income.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- '"Health" Is Just One Piece in the Puzzle of Wellbeing': Shifting From Preventing Health Deterioration to Improving Wellbeing in a Participatory Action Research Project With Care-Experienced Older People.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
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- Overadjustment bias in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of socio-economic inequalities in health: a meta-research scoping review.International journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Self-Reported Health Inequalities among Older Adults in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Could high continuity of care (COC) have a negative impact on subjective health of hypertensive patients? A Japanese perspective.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2023Article
- To be well or not to be well: compositional associations of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep with mental well-being in Flemish adults aged 55+ years.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2023Article
- Differences in the influence of daily behavior on health among older adults in urban and rural areas: evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Differences in self-reported health between low- and high-income groups in pre-retirement age and retirement age. A cohort study based on the European Social Survey.Health policy OPEN · 2022Article
- How socioeconomic status, social capital and functional independence are associated with subjective wellbeing among older Indian adults? A structural equation modeling analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Measuring older people's socioeconomic position: a scoping review of studies of self-rated health, health service and social care use.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2022Article
- Perceived Community Age-friendliness is Associated With Quality of Life Among Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Life Conditions as Mediators of Welfare State Effect on Mental Wellbeing among Oldest Old in Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exploring Health Trends Prior to State Pension Age for The Netherlands up to 2040.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrevious studies of older European populations have established that disability and morbidity vary with indicators of socio-economic position (SEP). We undertook a systematic narrative review of the literature to ascertain to what extent there is evidence of similar inequalities in the subjective health and well-being of older people in Europe.
methodRelevant original research articles were searched for using Medline, Global Health, Embase, Social Policy and Practice, Cinahl, Web of Science and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS). We included studies of SEP and indicators of subjective health and well-being (self-rated health; life satisfaction; quality of life) conducted since 1991 using population-based samples of older people in Europe and published 1995-2013.
resultsA total of 71 studies were identified. Poorer SEP was associated with poorer subjective health and well-being. Associations varied somewhat depending on the SEP measure and subjective health and well-being outcome used. Associations were weaker when social support and health-related behaviours were adjusted for suggesting that these factors mediate the relationship between SEP and subjective health and well-being. Associations tended to be weaker in the oldest age groups. The patterns of associations by gender were not consistent and tended to diminish after adjusting for indicators of health and life circumstances.
conclusionThe results of this systematic narrative review of the literature demonstrate the importance of social influences on later life subjective health and well-being and indicate areas which need further investigation, such as more studies from Eastern Europe, more longitudinal studies and more research on the role of mediating factors.
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