ArticleKorean journal of family medicine2020
Spousal Concordance regarding Lifestyle Factors and Chronic Diseases among Couples Visiting Primary Care Providers in Korea.
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- Aggregation of type-2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome in German couples.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Concordance of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Factors among Older Married Couples in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association between behavioral patterns and depression symptoms: dyadic interaction between couples.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Spousal Similarities in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Northern China: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Spousal concordance of ideal cardiovascular health metrics: findings from the 2014-2019 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Clinical hypertension · 2022Article
- Pregnancy loss and subsequent risk of prediabetes, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in couples: Tehran lipid and glucose study.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Gender differences in the longitudinal association between husbands' and wives' depressive symptoms among Korean older adults: the moderating effects of the spousal relationship.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Spousal Concordance in Dietary Behaviors and Metabolic Components, and Their Association: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have been conducted in Korea on concordance regarding chronic diseases and lifestyle factors among couples. We, therefore, evaluated spousal concordance regarding lifestyle factors and chronic diseases among Korean couples.
methodsA total 1,040 participants (520 couples) who visited family physicians were recruited from 22 hospitals. All participants were aged ≥40 years. Participants completed questionnaires on smoking, drinking, physical activity, and irregular eating habits, including skipping breakfast. We estimated the spousal concordance regarding lifestyle factors and chronic diseases using McNemar tests and logistic regression analysis.
resultsThe concordance rate was high among couples who shared unhealthy behaviors, such as low physical activity, irregular diet, and skipping breakfast (P<0.05). When cardiovascular risk factors such as overweight (odds ratio [OR], 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14-2.63), hypertension (OR, 1.88; 95% CI, 1.23-2.86), or hyperlipidemia (OR, 2.41; 95% CI, 1.60-3.64) were prevalent among husbands, the odds that their wives also had the same risk factors at the same time was significantly high. The odds of being depressed when the spouse was depressed were also significantly high in both men (OR, 5.54; 95% CI, 2.19-13.96) and women (OR, 4.52; 95% CI, 1.77-11.53).
conclusionThere was a high level of concordance regarding lifestyle factors among couples, which could lead to an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases among couples. In addition, if a spouse has depression, the odds of their partner also having depression was high.
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