Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Main and interactive effects of inflammation and perceived neighbourhood cohesion on psychological distress: results from a population-based study in the UK.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Low neighbourhood cohesion and increased levels of inflammation are independent predictors of psychological distress. In this study we explored if they also interact to predict it. METHODS:Our sample was 9,393 adult participants of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), a large longitudinal household panel study in the UK. Inflammation was measured using C-reactive protein levels. Perceived neighbourhood cohesion was measured using a 13-item questionnaire. Psychological distress was measured with the General Health Questionnaire-12. RESULTS:Perceived neighbourhood cohesion and inflammation retained their significant main effects on psychological distress even after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, ethnicity, partner status, education, smoking status, obesity and urbanicity). The effect of neighbourhood cohesion was larger. However, we did not find evidence for an interactive association between the two. CONCLUSIONS:Perceived neighbourhood cohesion was inversely related to psychological distress, over and above other important person- and neighbourhood-level characteristics. Inflammation was also associated with psychological distress, albeit less strongly. If these associations are causal, they suggest that promoting neighbourhood cohesion can alleviate some of the burden associated with psychological distress.

SUBMITTER: Papachristou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620256 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Main and interactive effects of inflammation and perceived neighbourhood cohesion on psychological distress: results from a population-based study in the UK.

Papachristou Efstathios E   Flouri Eirini E   Kokosi Theodora T   Francesconi Marta M  

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 20190225 8


<h4>Purpose</h4>Low neighbourhood cohesion and increased levels of inflammation are independent predictors of psychological distress. In this study we explored if they also interact to predict it.<h4>Methods</h4>Our sample was 9,393 adult participants of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), a large longitudinal household panel study in the UK. Inflammation was measured using C-reactive protein levels. Perceived neighbourhood cohesion was measured using a 13-item questionnaire. Psychologi  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC4600604 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8255607 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6182502 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5052152 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6530414 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6728599 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2814818 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC5558894 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC4654768 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7162465 | biostudies-literature