The association between resilience resources, contextual factors and mental health status: a national population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although a range of risk factors have been linked with poor mental health across the population, the underlying pathways leading to mental ill health remain unclear. There is a need to investigate the effects and interplay of both protective and risk factors. This population-based study aimed to explore the effects of individual and contextual factors on mental health status. Record-linkage was implemented between health and lifestyle data drawn from HealthWise Wales (HWW), a national population health survey of people > 16 years who live or access their healthcare in Wales, and treatment data from primary healthcare records. Mental health status was assessed using three different measures, including the self-reported MHI-5 and WEMWBS scales and mental health treatment i

SUBMITTER: Tseliou F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8962564 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature