Financial distress/well-being and living situation in Ecuadorian health workers

Bibliographic Data

ID5166378
AuthorsGerman Lobos (0000-0002-6155-4870, University of Talca, corresponding author), Berta Schnettler (0000-0002-4438-3379, Universidad de La Frontera), María Lapo (0000-0002-1509-7242, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil), Maria Inmaculada Lopez Nuñez (Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil), María Núñez (0000-0001-5771-1944, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil), Laura Vera (0000-0001-6286-2659, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil)
Year2021
Volume37
Issue8
Pagese00164520-e00164520
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00164520
PMID34550179
OpenAlexW3200003765
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2021000805010
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

The tendency to live alone is a relatively recent phenomenon in Ecuador, but it is expanding rapidly. This study aims to identify factors associated with financial distress/well-being according to living situation (living alone vs. living with a partner) in Ecuadorian health workers. This study examined the construct of financial distress/well-being in a sample of 800 Ecuadorian health workers using cross-sectional data. Living situation was compared using generalized linear model analyses including income, age, children living at home, self-perception of health, depression, anxiety and stress, perceived social support, positive mental health, and hedonistic and austere profiles. Regarding financial well-being, workers living alone ranked lower and workers living with a partner ranked higher. In workers living alone the main sources of financial distress/well-being were income, children living at home, perceived social support, positive mental health, and hedonistic attitude towards indebtedness. In workers living with a partner the main sources of financial distress/well-being were income, age, self-perception of health, depression, anxiety and stress, perceived social support, positive mental health, and austere attitude towards indebtedness. Based on our results, we discuss potential public policy interventions that can be used to improve workers' financial well-being

Activities of daily living · Anxiety · Depression (economics) · Distress · Economics · Environmental health · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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