Gender Differences in Multiple Underlying Dimensions of Health-related Quality of Life Are Associated with Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Status
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dasha Cherepanov (0000-0002-1486-8201, Department of Health Services, corresponding author), Monica Palta (0000-0003-1651-4025, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Mari Palta, Dennis G Fryback, Stéphanie Robert (0000-0002-0013-3239, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Stephanie A Robert, Ron D Hays (0000-0001-6697-907X, RAND Corporation), Robert M Kaplan (0000-0003-0229-0200) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1021-1030 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31822ebed9 |
| PMID | 21945974 |
| PMCID | PMC3687080 |
| OpenAlex | W2046208109 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to examine whether gender differences in summary health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are due to differences in specific dimensions of health, and whether they are explained by sociodemographic and socioeconomic (SES) variation. METHODS: The National Health Measurement Study collected cross-sectional data on a national sample of 3648 black and white noninstitutionalized adults ages 35 to 89 years. Data included the Short Form 36-Item survey, which yielded separate Mental and Physical Component Summary scores (MCS and PCS, respectively), and five HRQoL indexes: Short Form 6 dimension, EuroQol 5 dimension, the Health Utilities Indexes Mark 2 and 3, and the Quality of Well-Being Scale Self-Administered form. Structural equation models were used to explore gender differences in physical, psychosocial, and pain latent dimensions of the 5 indexes, adjusting for sociodemographic and SES indicators. Observed MCS and PCS scores were examined in regression models to judge robustness of latent results. RESULTS: Men had better estimated physical and psychosocial health and less pain than women with similar trends on the MCS and PCS scores. Adjustments for marital status or income reduced gender differences more than did other indicators. Adjusting results for partial factorial invariance of HRQoL attributes supported the presence of gender differentials, but also indicated that these differences are impacted by dimensions being related to some HRQoL attributes differently by gender. CONCLUSIONS: Men have better estimated health on 3 latent dimensions of HRQoL-physical, psychosocial, and pain-comparable to gender differences on the observed MCS and PCS scores. Gender differences are partly explained by sociodemographic and SES factors, highlighting the role of socioeconomic inequalities in perpetuating gender differences in health outcomes across multiple domains. These results also emphasize the importance of accounting for measurement invariance for meaningful comparison of group differences in estimated means of self-reported measures of health
Environmental health · Marital status · Mental health · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Quality of life (healthcare) · Socioeconomic status · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Cancer survivorship and care · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |