Key result
Lower socioeconomic status is linked to a wider gap between needed and received social support.
Why the study?
Do sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors affect the perceived and needed social support in patients on sick leave due to heart failure?
Cross-Sectional (n=590)
Do sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors affect the perceived and needed social support in patients on sick leave due to heart failure?
Effect estimate: r = 0.38
Absolute Event Rate: 22% vs 34%
p-value: p=<0.001
Identifying vulnerable sociodemographic subgroups among heart failure patients on sick leave may help tailor supportive measures to assist their rehabilitation and potential return to work.
Low-SES HF patients on sick leave may have unmet social support needs; hypothesis-generating for tailored interventions to aid rehabilitation.
AIMS: The aim of this study was to determine differences between sociodemographic and socio-economic factors for perceptions of received and needed social support in a population of people on sick leave due to heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS: = 1297). The questionnaire measured perceptions of received and needed social support from managers, colleagues at work, family and friends. Differences between groups were estimated with the Mann-Whitney U-test. The sample included 414 men and 176 women aged 23 to 67 years (mean 58, median 60, SD = 6.75). Respondents with low income received significantly less support than respondents with high income and also needed significantly more support. Respondents with lower educational level needed significantly more support than people with higher education. Unmarried respondents needed significantly more support than married. CONCLUSIONS: People with lower level of education, those who were unmarried and respondents with low income needed more support than they received. By identification of vulnerable patients, healthcare professionals can tailor and target supportive measures for patients who need extra social support.
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Nordgren et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure on sick leave (n=590). Low socioeconomic status (e.g., low income) vs. High socioeconomic status (e.g., high income) was evaluated on Overall received structural support score from all sources (r = 0.38, p=<0.001). Respondents with low income, lower education, or who were unmarried needed significantly more social support than they received compared to those with higher socioeconomic status.
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