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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2018

An exploration of the subjective social status construct in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Karen L Tang, Louise Pilote, Hassan Behlouli, Jenny Godley, William A Ghali, GENESIS-PRAXY investigators

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Article in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Subjective Social Status and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by Intersectionality of Race/Ethnicity and Sex Among U.S. Young Adults.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karen L TangDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada. klktang@ucalgary.ca.
Louise PiloteDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada.
Hassan BehlouliDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada.
Jenny GodleyDepartment of Sociology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
William A GhaliDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
GENESIS-PRAXY investigators
University of Calgary · CAMcGill University Health Centre · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CA) 200804MOP-190260-GSH-CFAC-40513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPerception of low subjective social status (SSS) relative to others in society or in the community has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Our objectives were to determine whether low SSS in society was associated with barriers to access to care or hospital readmission in patients with established cardiovascular disease, and whether perceptions of discordantly high SSS in the community modified this association.

methodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study from 2009 to 2013 in Canada, United States, and Switzerland in patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Data on access to care and SSS variables were obtained at baseline. Readmission data were obtained 12 months post-discharge. We conducted multivariable logistic regression to model the odds of access to care and readmission outcomes in those with low versus high societal SSS.

resultsOne thousand ninety patients admitted with ACS provided both societal and community SSS rankings. The low societal SSS cohort had greater odds of reporting that their health was affected by lack of health care access (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.11, 1.97) and of experiencing cardiac readmissions (1.88, 95% CI 1.15, 3.06). Within the low societal SSS cohort, there was a trend toward fewer access to care barriers for those with discordantly high community SSS though findings varied based on the outcome variable. There were no statistically significant differences in readmissions based on community SSS rankings.

conclusionLow societal SSS is associated with increased barriers to access to care and cardiac readmissions. Though attenuated, these trends remained even when adjusting for clinical and sociodemographic factors, suggesting that perceived low societal SSS has health effects above and beyond objective socioeconomic factors. Furthermore, high community SSS may potentially mitigate the risk of experiencing barriers to access to health care in those with low societal SSS, though these associations were not statistically significant. Subjective social status relative to society versus relative to the community seem to represent distinct concepts. Insight into the differences between these two SSS constructs is imperative in the understanding of cardiovascular health and future development of public health policies.

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Healthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilitySocial ClassAcute Coronary SyndromeAdolescentAdultCanadaChi-Square DistributionHealth StatusHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPatient ReadmissionCardiovascular diseaseReadmissionsSocial classSocioeconomic status

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PMID29409448
PMCPMC5801903
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