Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Quality of Life in Adolescents

Wang

Han

et al. 2021

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Objective Life events and social capital can affect one’s quality of life. Stress buffering theory holds that social capital can buffer the negative effects of life events. A conceptual model based on stress buffering theory was proposed to test whether social capital played a mediating role in the relationship between life events and quality of life among adults in Yunnan, China. Methods This study was based on baseline survey data from the Yunnan Cohort in the Chinese Multi-ethnic Cohort (CMEC). A total of 22881 adults were recruited by multistage stratified cluster sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to collect participants’ information, including general demographic characteristics and life events. A self-developed ultra-brief social capital scale was utilized to assess the participants’ social capital and the EQ-5D-5L scale was used to measure their quality of life. Correlation coefficients were used to analyze the relationships among life events, social capital and quality of life, and structural equation models were used to evaluate whether social capital had a mediating effect on the relationship between negative life events and quality of life. Results Social capital had a direct positive effect on quality of life (β = 0.108, 95% CI [0.089, 0.128]). Life events not only directly affected quality of life (β= -0.117, 95% CI [-0.135, -0.099]) but also indirectly negatively affected quality of life through social capital (β= -0.018, 95% CI [-0.022, -0.014]). The results showed that social capital had a mediating effect on the relationship between negative life events and quality of life. Conclusion Social capital played an important mediating role in the relationship between life events and quality of life, and social capital alleviated the negative effects of life events. Providing better social capital for adults experiencing negative life events could effectively improve their quality of life.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Life events can increase the risk of depression [16,17], affect individual mental health [18], and reduce one's subjective well-being [19]. In recent years, a large number of studies [2,10,20 ] have shown that life events are signi cantly related to QoL.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Events and Quality of Life in the Chinese Population: The Mediating Role of Social Capital

Wang

Han

et al. 2021

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“…Families are considered partners in the care of other family members (5). The concept of family centered care is a philosophy in nursing that recognizes the very important role of the family in caring for family members who are sick (15).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The role of the family in the care of family members in the hospital can affect the lives of other family members both physically, psychologically and socially (4). Families are considered partners in the care of other family members (5). The concept of family centered care is a philosophy in nursing that recognizes the very important role of the family in caring for family members who are sick (6) .…”

Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Centered Care: A Literature Review

Ad¹

2021

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Collaborative action between families and health professionals, in this case nurses, doctors, nutritionists, pharmacies in forming harmonious support is the philosophy of family centered nursing care which aims to involve families as the main focus in care. The aim of this literature review is to identify family-centered family member care: a literatu review. This language method uses literature reviews which are summaries of 10 articles in the publication years of 2020-2021 on search 4 databased electronic searches containing namely Scopus, ProQuest, Pubmed, and Scient Direct. This review used prisms. The eligibility of these studies were from its title, abstract, research methodology, results and discussion. The results of the review were presented in narrative form. The results of a review of 10 articles found that the form family centered care Conclusion: The family is considered a partner in the care of other family members. The concept of family centered care is a philosophy in nursing where the role of the family is very important in caring for family members who are sick.

“…Life events can increase the risk of depression ( 16 , 17 ), affect individual mental health ( 18 ), and reduce one's subjective well-being ( 19 ). In recent years, some studies ( 2 , 10 , 20 ) have shown that NLE are significantly related to QoL.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediating role of social capital on the association between negative life events and quality of life among adults in China: A population-based study

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether social capital played a mediating role in the relationship between negative life events (NLE) and quality of life (QoL) among adults in China after proposed a conceptual model based on stress buffering theory.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted based on baseline survey from the Chinese Multi-ethnic Cohort (CMEC) in Yunnan province. A total of 22,866 adults were recruited by multistage stratified cluster sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the general demographic characteristics and the occurrence of NLE. A self-developed brief social capital scale was utilized to assess the social capital and the EQ-5D-5L scale was used to measure the QoL. The relationships among NLE, social capital and QoL were analyzed using multiple linear regression analyses. Structural equation models were used to evaluate whether social capital had a mediating effect on the relationship between NLE and QoL. The standardize coefficient (β) and it's 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated in this process.ResultsThe mean age of participants was 52.70 years old. The mean of EQ-5D index value was 0.92 (SD = 0.12) and the mean of EQ-VAS score was 71.77 (SD = 13.80). NLE not only directly affected EQ-5D index value [β = −0.127, 95% CI (−0.144, −0.110)] but also indirectly negatively affected EQ-5D index value through social capital [β = −0.019, 95% CI (−0.023, −0.015)]. Social capital had a direct positive effect on EQ-5D index value [β = 0.114, 95% CI (0.097, 0.133)]. A similar pattern was identified for the association between NLE and EQ-VAS score. The direct effect of NLE on EQ-VAS score was negatively significant [β = −0.132, 95% CI (−0.146, −0.118)]. Moreover, the indirect effect through social capital was also negatively significant [β = −0.022, 95% CI (−0.026, −0.019)]. There was a positive direct effect of social capital on EQ-VAS score [β = 0.135, 95% CI (0.117, 0.151)].ConclusionSocial capital played an important mediating role in the relationship between NLE and QoL, and it alleviated the negative effects of NLE on the QoL of the community residents in China. Providing reliable social capital for community residents experiencing NLE could effectively improve their quality of life.