The Sydney Medical Scool, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
BMJ Open. 2013 Jan 30;3(1):e002054. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002054.
Social interaction may be particularly important for people with chronic health conditions, due to the numerous benefits to an individual's health. This paper aims to determine if labour force participation is a factor that influences individuals with chronic health conditions partaking in social or cultural events.
The study undertakes a cross-sectional analysis of the 2009 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, a nationally representative survey of the Australian population.
33 376 records of persons aged 25-64years.
Participation in social and community activities.
It was found that after controlling for age, sex, level of highest education, income unit type and severity of disability, people with a chronic health condition that were in the labour force were more than twice as likely to be participating in social or community events (OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.95 to 3.29, p<0.0001), and in cultural events (OR 2.57, 95% CI 2.21 to 3.00, p<0.0001) as their counterparts who were out of the labour force. The results were then repeated, with the addition of income as a confounding variable. People with a chronic health condition that were in the labour force were still a little more than twice as likely to be participating in social or community events (OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.69 to 3.00, p<0.0001), and to be participating in cultural events (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.76 to 2.45, p<0.0001) as their counterparts who were out of the labour force.
Participating in the labour force may be an important driver of social participation among those with chronic health conditions, independent of income. People with chronic health conditions who are not in the labour force and do not participate in social or cultural activities may have a compounding disadvantage.
社交互动对于患有慢性疾病的人可能尤为重要，因为这对个人健康有诸多益处。本文旨在确定劳动力参与是否是影响患有慢性健康状况的个体参与社交或文化活动的一个因素。
本研究对澳大利亚全国代表性的 2009 年残疾、老龄化和照护调查进行了横断面分析。
33376 名 25-64 岁人群的记录。
参与社交和社区活动的情况。
研究发现，在控制年龄、性别、最高教育程度、收入单位类型和残疾严重程度后，患有慢性健康状况且处于劳动力中的人参加社交或社区活动的可能性是其未处于劳动力中的同龄人的两倍多（OR2.54，95%CI1.95-3.29，p<0.0001），参加文化活动的可能性也是其未处于劳动力中的同龄人的两倍多（OR2.57，95%CI2.21-3.00，p<0.0001）。然后，在加入收入作为混杂变量后，重复了这些结果。患有慢性健康状况且处于劳动力中的人参加社交或社区活动的可能性仍高出两倍多（OR2.25，95%CI1.69-3.00，p<0.0001），参加文化活动的可能性也高出两倍多（OR2.08，95%CI1.76-2.45，p<0.0001），而未处于劳动力中的同龄人参加这些活动的可能性则较低。
参与劳动力可能是患有慢性健康状况的人参与社交的一个重要驱动因素，这独立于收入。未处于劳动力中且不参加社交或文化活动的慢性健康状况患者可能会处于一种劣势的累加状态。
