ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2019
Death and Chronic Disease Risk Associated With Poor Life Satisfaction: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
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- Key influencing factors analysis on life satisfaction among Chinese older adults with hypertension: a National Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Determinants of Life Satisfaction and Mental Wellbeing in the Danish General Population: Shared and Distinct Associations.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Sense of belonging to community and avoidable hospitalization: a population-based cohort study of 456,415 Canadians.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Life satisfaction and awareness of meaningful activities among middle-aged adults: A population-based study.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2024Article
- The effect of socioeconomic status, depression, and diabetes symptoms severity on diabetes patient's life satisfaction in India.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The effect of spiritual support on life satisfaction in Iranian patients with gastrointestinal cancer.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Adults Aged 35-60 Years: The Mediating Role of Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Life satisfaction and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the general Japanese population: the Suita Study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Life satisfaction is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of health; however, prospective population-based studies on this topic are limited. We estimated the risk of chronic disease and death according to life satisfaction among a population-based cohort in Ontario, Canada (n = 73,904). The cohort included 3 pooled cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2003-2008) linked to 6 years of follow-up (to 2015), using population-based health databases and validated disease-specific registries. The databases capture incident and prevalent cases of diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, and death. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazards of incident chronic disease and death, and were adjusted for sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical confounders, including age, sex, comorbidity, mood disorder, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index, immigrant status, education, and income. In the fully adjusted models, risk of both death and incident chronic disease was highest for those most dissatisfied with life (for mortality, hazard ratio = 1.59, 95% confidence interval: 1.15, 2.19; for chronic disease, hazard ratio = 1.70, 95% confidence interval: 1.16, 2.51). In this population-based cohort, poor life satisfaction was an independent risk factor for incident chronic disease and death, supporting the idea that interventions and programs that improve life satisfaction will affect population health.
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