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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Life Conditions as Mediators of Welfare State Effect on Mental Wellbeing among Oldest Old in Europe.

Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Kristian Wahlbeck, Jorid Kalseth

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna Cresswell-SmithFaculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Kristian WahlbeckMental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box 30, 00271 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3754-3933
Jorid KalsethSINTEF Digital, P.O. Box 4760, 7465 Trondheim, Norway.
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · FISINTEF · NOUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMental wellbeing is formed by our daily environments, which are, in turn, influenced by public policies, such as the welfare state. This paper looks at how different aspects of life conditions may mediate the welfare state effect on mental wellbeing in oldest old age.

methodsData were extracted from Round 6 of the European Social Survey (2012). The dataset comprised of 2058 people aged 80 years and older from 24 countries. Mediation analyses determined possible links between the welfare state, including eleven intervening variables representing life conditions and five mental wellbeing dimensions.

resultsOur study confirms that the higher the level of welfare state, the better mental wellbeing, irrespective of dimension. Although several life conditions were found to mediate the welfare state effect on mental wellbeing, subjective general health, coping with income and place in society were the most important intervening variables.

conclusionsAll three variables centre around supporting autonomy in the oldest old age. By teasing out how the welfare state influences mental wellbeing in the oldest old, we can better understand the many drivers of wellbeing and enable evidence informed age-friendly policy making.

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Mental HealthSocial WelfareAged, 80 and overEuropeHumansEuropean Social Surveymental healthpublic policysocial determinantswellbeing

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