Alahmadi Abdulaziz, Almuzaini Yasir, Alosaimi Majed, Alahmari Ahmed, Alamri Fahad, Sheerah Haytham, Alburayh Mariyyah, Khan Anas
Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Feb 3;13(3):310. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13030310.
The well-being of populations is crucial for understanding nations' public health and progress. With its ongoing transformation and development objectives, Saudi Arabia emphasizes its residents' quality of life and well-being. Recent surveys and health indicators have underlined the nation's focus on enhancing population well-being.
This study aimed to assess the overall level of well-being of the population living in Saudi Arabia using the WHO-5 index and self-rated health (SRH) metrics.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among thirty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty-two people from the general population in Saudi Arabia, citizens and residents, including all adult age groups (>18 years) and both genders. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to the Saudi adult population using an online survey. The questionnaire includes socio-demographic characteristics, the five-item Well-Being Index (WHO-5), and the self-rated health status.
Based on SRH, 77.4% were considered a healthy group. Male gender participants who had a better education were more likely to report a favorable SRH. According to WHO-5, poor well-being was seen in 26% of the population, and the rest had good well-being (74%). Independent predictors for good well-being include increasing age and educational level and being unemployed. Interestingly, we found a positive significant correlation between SRH and WHO-5 scores (r = 0.371; < 0.001).
Poor well-being was common among the general population. Independent risk factors for poor well-being include female gender and Saudi nationality, while increasing age, male gender, and higher education were significant predictors of healthy SRH. More longitudinal studies are needed to extract more data on this nation's growing prevalence of poor self-rated health status.
民众的福祉对于理解国家的公共卫生状况和发展进程至关重要。沙特阿拉伯在其持续的转型和发展目标中，强调居民的生活质量和福祉。近期的调查和健康指标突出了该国对提升民众福祉的关注。
本研究旨在使用世界卫生组织-5指数（WHO-5）和自评健康（SRH）指标评估居住在沙特阿拉伯的民众的总体福祉水平。
这项横断面研究在沙特阿拉伯普通民众中的39562人（包括公民和居民）中进行，涵盖所有成年年龄组（>18岁）和男女两性。通过在线调查向沙特成年人群发放一份自填式问卷。问卷包括社会人口学特征、五项福祉指数（WHO-5）以及自评健康状况。
基于自评健康，77.4%的人被视为健康组。受教育程度较高的男性参与者更有可能报告良好的自评健康状况。根据WHO-5指数，26%的人口福祉状况较差，其余人口福祉状况良好（74%）。良好福祉的独立预测因素包括年龄增长、教育水平提高以及失业。有趣的是，我们发现自评健康与WHO-5得分之间存在显著正相关（r = 0.371；P < 0.001）。
总体人群中福祉状况较差的情况较为普遍。福祉状况较差的独立风险因素包括女性性别和沙特国籍，而年龄增长、男性性别以及高等教育是自评健康良好的重要预测因素。需要更多的纵向研究来获取关于该国自评健康状况不佳患病率不断上升的更多数据。
