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PREDICTABILITY OF LEVELS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH: A 2 YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Nicolas Zdanowicz
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Clinique de Mont-Godinne, service de psychosomatique, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
Brice Lepiece
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Clinique de Mont-Godinne, service de psychosomatique, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
David Tordeurs
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Clinique de Mont-Godinne, service de psychosomatique, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
Denis Jacques
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Clinique de Mont-Godinne, service de psychosomatique, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
Christine Reynaert
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Clinique de Mont-Godinne, service de psychosomatique, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
Sažetak
Objective: To identify the social, family, personality traits and health locus of control factors which influence physical and
mental health, consumption of medications, and frequency of medical consultations.
Subjects and Methods Twenty participants were included in a two years long longitudinal study. At baseline, the participants’
age, gender, family composition, net income, chronic treatments, family dynamics (Family Adaptation and Cohesion Scale),
Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, and personality (NEO Personality Inventory) were recorded. Every six months their state
of mental and physical health (12 Survey Factors and Hamilton Depression Scale), consumption of medications, and number of
medical consultations were reassessed.
Results: Regarding mental, and physical health, and scores on the Hamilton Depression Scale we can explain 50% of the
variance, of which 25% accounts for age or for the number of persons living together, 15% accounts for the cohesion of the actual
couple or nuclear family and 10% on account for neuroticism or on the Internal HLC. With regard to the number of medications and
consultations only 30% of the variance is accounted for: 10% for gender, 10% for the cohesion of the ideal family and 10% for
neuroticism or extraversion.
Conclusion: These results can obviously be used in the field of secondary prevention, for example in raising GPs’ awareness to
the typical profile of patients who are at risk of mental or physical health problems. Ideally these results should also serve for
primary prevention, but how can we influence demographic variables, family cohesion or personality?
Ključne riječi
family; health; personality locus of controle; depression
Hrčak ID:
264646
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.9.2011.
Posjeta: 213 *