Influence of Offspring on Self-Rated Health among Older Adults: Evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2012) / 가정의학회지
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
; : 191-199, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-714508
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We investigated whether offspring protect or jeopardize in parents.METHODS:
We used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging and performed a longitudinal analysis of 10,236 individuals at baseline (2006) to estimate the association between offspring-related factors and self-rated health among individuals ≥45 years of age.RESULTS:
The estimate for self-rated health was 0.612 times lower (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.503–0.746; P < 0.0001) for those with zero offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.736 (95% CI, 0.635–0.853; P < 0.0001) for those with five offspring or more. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.707 (95% CI, 0.528–0.947; P=0.020) for males with zero offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.563 (95% CI, 0.422–0.751; P < 0.001) for females with no offspring and for females with five or more offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.686 times lower (95% CI, 0.573–0.822; P < 0.0001) for those with five or more offspring compared to females with two offspring.CONCLUSION:
Those with more offspring (≥5) and those with no offspring tended to have an increased probability of low self-rated health. Overall, our results suggest that offspring have a significant positive effect on self-rated health, which was evident graphically as an inverted U-shape.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
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Aging
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Longitudinal Studies
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Adult Children
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Self Report
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Life Style
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Loneliness
Type of study:
Observational study
Aspects:
Implementation research
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Patient-preference
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article