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| Gender specific associations between social network and health behavior in old age | | Author(s) | M Rennemark, B Hagberg |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 4, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 320-327 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Health [elderly] ; Health services ; Social contacts ; Participation ; Social surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Social networks may affect older people's health behaviours, such as how they perceive their own health and report their symptoms. In this Swedish study, the relationship between social network characteristics and health behaviours were investigated by gender for 107 men and 77 women aged 71. For women, a general satisfaction with the social network was associated with good subjective health; and their satisfaction with social participation and social anchorage were associated with a high frequency of health care use. For men, none of these behaviours was associated with the social network. For women, frequency of reported symptoms was more often associated with social network characteristics. For women, dissatisfaction with social participation and support from the neighbourhood predicted stomach symptoms. For men, dissatisfaction with instrumental support and contact with children predicted tension symptoms. This study suggests that health behaviour relates both to social network and gender. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001018206 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: CC: L: TOA: TMB: 3F: 76P |
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