Social capital and health in a national cohort of 82,482 Open University adults in Thailand

We report associations between social capital and health among 82,482 adults in a national cohort of Open University students residing throughout Thailand. After adjusting for covariates, poor self-assessed health was positively associated with low social trust (OR = 1.88; 95% CI 1.76–2.01) and low...

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Autores principales: Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara, Khamman, Suwanee, Seubsman, Sam-ang, Lim, Lynette L-Y, Sleigh, Adrian C.
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21346013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105310386264
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description We report associations between social capital and health among 82,482 adults in a national cohort of Open University students residing throughout Thailand. After adjusting for covariates, poor self-assessed health was positively associated with low social trust (OR = 1.88; 95% CI 1.76–2.01) and low social support (OR = 1.79; 95% CI 1.63–1.95). In addition, poor psychological health was also associated with low social trust (OR = 2.52; 95% CI 2.41–2.64) and low social support (OR = 1.80; 95% CI 1.69–1.92). Females, elderly, unpartnered, low income, and urban residents were associated with poor health. Findings suggest ways to improve social capital and heath in Thailand and other middle-income countries.
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spelling pubmed-31437262011-08-01 Social capital and health in a national cohort of 82,482 Open University adults in Thailand Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara Khamman, Suwanee Seubsman, Sam-ang Lim, Lynette L-Y Sleigh, Adrian C. J Health Psychol Article We report associations between social capital and health among 82,482 adults in a national cohort of Open University students residing throughout Thailand. After adjusting for covariates, poor self-assessed health was positively associated with low social trust (OR = 1.88; 95% CI 1.76–2.01) and low social support (OR = 1.79; 95% CI 1.63–1.95). In addition, poor psychological health was also associated with low social trust (OR = 2.52; 95% CI 2.41–2.64) and low social support (OR = 1.80; 95% CI 1.69–1.92). Females, elderly, unpartnered, low income, and urban residents were associated with poor health. Findings suggest ways to improve social capital and heath in Thailand and other middle-income countries. SAGE Publications 2011-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3143726/ /pubmed/21346013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105310386264 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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