Socioeconomic factors and happiness: evidence from self-reported mental health data

Rothert, Jacek; VanDerwerken, Douglas; White, Ethan

doi:10.1007/s00181-019-01655-y

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“…Employment contributes to happiness and well-being. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Evaluating the impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on the long-term employment prospects of cancer survivors is important for identifying opportunities to improve survivors' quality of life. We observed that employment status was similar between prostate cancer patients and matched males.…”

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“…6,7 Correlational and quasiexperimental studies show that employment can help patients maintain and improve physical and mental health. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Cancer-related unemployment is particularly concerning in the case of tumors like prostate, which are mostly detected at an early stage through PSA testing. Short-term loss of employment following the diagnosis of an asymptomatic tumor detected via PSA testing is attributable to treatment and its side effects, not the disease itself.…”

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“…6,7 Correlational and quasi-experimental studies show that employment can help patients maintain and improve physical and mental health. 8-13…”

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Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Howard

Hall

2023

Urology Practice

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Introduction: Diagnosis and treatment of cancer may impair patients' ability to continue to work. We assessed the impact of a prior prostate cancer diagnosis on employment and labor force participation.Methods: Using the National Health Interview Surveys for 2010 to 2018, we identified sample adults previously diagnosed with prostate cancer aged <65 years (prostate cancer survivors) who were currently or previously employed. We matched each prostate survivor to comparison sample adults based on age, race/ethnicity, education level, and survey year. We compared employmentrelated outcomes between prostate cancer survivors and comparison males, overall and as a function of time since diagnosis, and other respondent characteristics. Results:The final sample had 571 prostate cancer survivors and 2,849 matched comparison males. The proportions of survivors and comparison males who were employed (ie, worked for pay in the week prior to the survey) were similar (60.4% and 60.6%; adjusted difference 0.6 [95% CI: À5.2 to 6.3]), as were labor force participation rates (67.3% vs 67.3%; adjusted difference 0.7 [95% CI: À4.7 to 6.1]). Survivors were slightly more likely to be not working due to disability (16.7% vs 13.3%; adjusted difference 2.7 [95% CI: À1.2 to 6.5]), though the difference was not significant. Survivors had more bed days than comparison males (8.0 vs 5.7; adjusted difference 2.8 [95% CI: 2.0 to 3.6]) and missed more workdays (7.4 vs 3.3; adjusted difference 4.5 [95% CI: 3.6 to 5.3]). Conclusions: Employment rates were similar between prostate cancer survivors and matched comparison males, though survivors missed work more often.

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Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Howard

Hall

2023

Urology Practice

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“…Mental health disorders are emerging as serious health threats in both developed and developing nations and contribute to the highest numbers of infectious disease and unintentional injuries. Mental health disorders are common in all countries around the globe, causing immense suffering and staggering economic income countries (Rothert et al, 2019).…”

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“…This statistic is exceptionally alarming about the mental disorders' health problems, and Islamic wealth protection operators should introduce in the market that is potentially to cover mental health treatment in Malaysia. Besides, mental health was worse when income was less (Rothert et al, 2019). Mental illness is costly to treat and cure.…”

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Takaful Scheme for Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review

Khairi

Laili

Kamarubahrin

2020

al-Uqud

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Wealth management involved cycles which are wealth creation, wealth protection, wealth distribution, wealth purification, and wealth accumulation that must in line with the financial objectives of the individual through their life. The current study is focused on the wealth protection element which a takaful scheme for mental health disorders. However, little was known about it. Thus, the objective of this systematic review was to synthesize findings of trend and population-based studies on takaful scheme for mental health disorders. The aim was to presents an extensive systematic review of takaful schemes for mental health disorders. A systematic review was identified using electronic database searches (Google, PubMed, and Scopus), previous reviews and reference lists to identify articles published between 2010 and 2020. Narrative synthesis and systematic review were performed and reported according to the preferred reporting items statement. The current evidence showed there is less study on takaful schemes for mental health disorders in the period 2010 to 2020. The two main contributions of this paper are its use of a readily-available and powerful new instrument, and its use of extremely large data which gives us the power to takaful scheme for mental health disorders for disaggregated health care services. More good quality of systematic literature with comparable assessment tools is needed.

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Examining the Connection Between Health Outcomes, State Political Ideology, and Food Access in the United States

Samudra

Heboyan

2023

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Objectives: To estimate the impact of county-level income, access to food, availability of health resources, socioeconomic factors, and state political ideology on population obesity and mental health in US counties. Design: We compiled a county-level data set from the US Census, County Health Rankings, USDA Food Environment Atlas, the American Community Survey, and the State Ideology Database. We specify 2 multivariable regression models for county-level obesity rate and per capita poor mental health days and control for rurality, food access, income, availability of health care resources, state political ideology, and socioeconomic characteristics. Results: We find that higher food access reduces obesity in counties; an increase in per capita full-service restaurants by 1 unit is associated with reduction in obesity rate by 1.24 points and an increase in per capita grocery stores reduces poor mental health days by 0.14. We also find that counties in liberal-leaning states tend to have lower obesity rates. Access to primary care providers (increase in primary care physicians by 1 is associated with decline in obesity rate by 1.18 points and poor mental health days by 0.11 days), and recreational facilities (increase in recreational facilities per 1000 by 1 is associated with reduction in obesity rate by 3.16 points and poor mental health days by 0.47 days) reduces obesity rates and poor mental health days. Median income is associated with decrease in obesity rate and poor mental health days. Increase in median household income by 1% is associated with reduction in obesity rate 4.75% and reduction in poor mental health days by 1.39 days. Conclusions: We find that access to food and health care at county level and state ideology through policy making affects health outcomes. Our analysis indicates that counties can improve access to food and health care by investing in these services thereby improving county-level health outcomes and save dollars in the process.

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Socioeconomic factors and happiness: evidence from self-reported mental health data

Cited by 9 publications

References 40 publications

Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Takaful Scheme for Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review

Examining the Connection Between Health Outcomes, State Political Ideology, and Food Access in the United States

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