Wellbeing and Arthritis Incidence: the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A number of studies provide evidence for an association between psychosocial factors and risk of incident arthritis. Current evidence is largely limited to the examination of negative factors such as perceived stress, but positive factors such as subjective wellbeing may also play a role.

Purpose

The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether people with higher subjective wellbeing have a lower risk of developing arthritis.

Methods

We used Cox proportional hazards regression to examine the prospective relationship between wellbeing (measured using the CASP-12) and incidence of arthritis over a 9-year period. The sample consisted of 13,594 participants aged ≥50 years from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Okely JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4869763 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature