A longitudinal study on social support, social participation, and older Europeans' Quality of life.

ABSTRACT: The association between quality of life (QoL) and social relationships is well established. This paper further analyses whether and how participation in social activities as well as providing and receiving social support, independently, are associated with QoL among the older population in 16 European countries. QoL was measured using the CASP-12 scale. The baseline data came from Wave 6 and the outcome from Wave 7 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The associations of interest were analysed using multivariable linear regression. The effect of possible non-ignorable dropout was tested. Then, doubly robust estimation and sensitivity analyses for unobserved confounding were performed to evaluate the possible causal interpretation of the associations found. Our

SUBMITTER: Lestari SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7892994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature