PMID- 35349774
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220523
LR  - 20230916
IS  - 2162-3279 (Electronic)
VI  - 12
IP  - 5
DP  - 2022 May
TI  - Factors affecting mental health and happiness in the elderly: A structural 
      equation model by gender differences.
PG  - e2549
LID - 10.1002/brb3.2549 [doi]
LID - e2549
AB  - PURPOSE: There are few studies on the gender differences in mental health, 
      happiness, and their related factors among the older population through the 
      structural equation model (SEM) in Iran. We conducted this study to evaluate the 
      factors affecting mental health and happiness in the elderly using an SEM by 
      gender differences. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 739 elderly 
      people in 2019 in Karaj, Iran. Sociodemographic, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised 
      (SCL90-R), and the Oxford Happiness Inventory were applied to evaluate the 
      relationships between happiness, mental health, and sociodemographic factors by 
      using statistical path analysis with Lisrel 8.8 and SPSS-17. RESULTS: Overall, 
      55.5% of the participants in the study were female. The SCL90 (p value = .000) 
      and happiness (p value = .000) scores showed significant differences between men 
      and women. Fit indices confirmed the high model fitness, desirability, and 
      logical relationships between the variables according to the conceptual model in 
      both men (X2 = 3.2, df = 1) and women (X2 = 5.4, df = 2) groups. According to the 
      path analysis, among the variables that affected happiness just through the 
      direct path, education had the most positive causal relationship in men (B = .13) 
      and women (B = .16), but mental health problems in men (B = -.33) and women 
      (B = -.26), as well as the distance from home to the healthcare center in men 
      (B = -.13) and women (B = -.11), had the most negative causal relationship with 
      happiness respectively. Age was the only variable that was negatively related to 
      happiness through direct and indirect paths in the women (B = -.188). CONCLUSION: 
      We provided an empirical model that illustrates the relationships between 
      happiness, mental health, and related factors in the older population. Gender 
      differences in path analysis showed that age negatively affects the happiness of 
      older women but not men.
CI  - (c) 2022 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
FAU - Mahmoodi, Zohreh
AU  - Mahmoodi Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7868-6941
AD  - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical 
      Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
FAU - Yazdkhasti, Mansoureh
AU  - Yazdkhasti M
AD  - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, 
      Karaj, Iran.
AD  - Dietary Supplements & Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical 
      Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
FAU - Rostami, Mahnoosh
AU  - Rostami M
AD  - Health Systems Evaluation & Evidence, Provincial Clinical Excellence, Alberta 
      Health Services, Alberta, Canada.
FAU - Ghavidel, Nooshin
AU  - Ghavidel N
AD  - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical 
      Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20220329
PL  - United States
TA  - Brain Behav
JT  - Brain and behavior
JID - 101570837
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - *Happiness
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mental Health
MH  - Sex Factors
PMC - PMC9120719
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - elderly
OT  - happiness
OT  - mental health
OT  - path analysis
OT  - psychological status
COIS- The authors declared no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/03/30 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/24 06:00
PMCR- 2022/03/29
CRDT- 2022/03/29 17:13
PHST- 2022/01/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/11/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/03/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/03/29 17:13 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/03/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - BRB32549 [pii]
AID - 10.1002/brb3.2549 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Brain Behav. 2022 May;12(5):e2549. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2549. Epub 2022 Mar 29.