Key result
Maintaining ≥2 persistent psychological well-being facets is linked to lower incident cardiometabolic disease risk.
Why the study?
How longitudinal trajectories of psychological well-being relate to cardiometabolic disease risk remains unclear, and whether sustaining high levels of multiple well-being facets confers additive protection has not been examined.
Do persistently high levels of multiple psychological well-being facets reduce the risk of incident cardiometabolic disease in adults aged ≥50 years?
Cohort (n=4,006)
Do persistently high levels of multiple psychological well-being facets reduce the risk of incident cardiometabolic disease in adults aged ≥50 years?
Sustaining high levels of multiple psychological well-being facets, particularly control and autonomy, is associated with a lower risk of incident cardiometabolic disease in older adults.
OBJECTIVE: Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Assessments of psychological well-being taken at one time point are linked to reduced cardiometabolic risk, but psychological well-being may change over time and how longitudinal trajectories of psychological well-being may be related to CMD risk remains unclear. Furthermore, psychological well-being is a multidimensional construct comprised of distinct facets, but no work has examined whether sustaining high levels of multiple facets may confer additive protection. This study tested if trajectories of four psychological well-being facets would be associated with lower risk of self-reported nonfatal CMD. METHOD: Participants were 4,006 adults aged ≥50 years in the English Longitudinal study of Ageing followed for 18 years at biyearly intervals. Psychological well-being facets were measured in Waves 1-5 using subscales of the Control, Autonomy, Satisfaction, and Pleasure scale. Latent class growth modeling defined trajectories of each facet. Incident CMD cases were self-reported at Waves 6-9. Cox regression models estimated likelihood of incident CMD associated with trajectories of each facet individually and additively (i.e., having persistently high levels on multiple facets over time). RESULTS: After adjusting for relevant covariates, CMD risk was lower for adults with persistently high versus persistently low levels of control and autonomy. When considering potential additive effects, lower CMD risk was also related to experiencing persistently high levels of ≥2 versus 0 psychological well-being facets. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest having and sustaining multiple facets of psychological well-being is beneficial for cardiometabolic health, and that effects may be additive. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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Guimond et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Cardiometabolic disease (n=4,006). Persistently high levels of psychological well-being facets vs. Persistently low levels or 0 psychological well-being facets was evaluated on Incident self-reported nonfatal cardiometabolic disease. Experiencing persistently high levels of ≥2 psychological well-being facets over 18 years was associated with a lower risk of incident cardiometabolic disease compared to 0 facets.
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