Table 4.
n | % lonely | Adjusted for demographicsa | Adjusted for demographics and other factorsb | ||||
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Sometimes | Often/always | Sometimes | Often/always | Sometimes | Often/always | ||
Mental wellbeing WEMWBS: | |||||||
High | 1,567 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Medium | 1,226 | 26.2 | 10.5 | 2.24 (1.83, 2.75) | 0.90 (0.70, 1.16) | 1.78 (1.44, 2.21) | 0.68 (0.52, 0.88) |
Low | 1,134 | 36.1 | 25.6 | 4.72 (3.78, 5.90) | 2.87 (2.25, 3.67) | 2.75 (2.14, 3.52) | 1.22 (0.91, 1.62) |
P (trend) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
Mental health SF-12: | |||||||
High | 1,714 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Medium | 1,197 | 30.1 | 13.0 | 2.93 (2.40, 3.58) | 2.06 (1.59, 2.67) | 2.19 (1.78, 2.70) | 1.97 (1.51, 2.58) |
Low | 1,016 | 33.1 | 30.8 | 4.48 (3.58, 5.60) | 6.46 (4.99, 8.34) | 2.41 (1.86, 3.12) | 4.35 (3.22, 5.88) |
P (trend) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
Long-term mental health problem (lasting twelve months or more): | |||||||
No | 3,106 | 20.1 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 451 | 42.8 | 21.1 | 3.33 (2.61, 4.25) | 2.61 (1.93, 3.51) | 1.80 (1.35, 2.40) | 1.27 (0.89, 1.80) |
Yes and worsening | 370 | 31.4 | 37.8 | 2.85 (2.11, 3.83) | 5.11 (3.77, 6.93) | 1.26 (0.89, 1.80) | 1.82 (1.25, 2.64) |
P (trend) | <0.001 | 0.002 | |||||
Spoken to GP about mental health problem: | |||||||
No | 3,070 | 20.6 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 857 | 35.1 | 28.0 | 2.57 (2.09, 3.15) | 3.09 (2.45, 3.90) | 1.22 (0.94, 1.58) | 1.36 (1.01, 1.82) |
P (trend) | <0.001 | 0.10 | |||||
Long-standing illness:c | |||||||
No | 2,543 | 21.4 | 12.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 1,384 | 28.1 | 21.6 | 1.32 (1.07, 1.62) | 1.31 (1.01, 1.69) | 0.77 (0.61, 0.97) | 0.77 (0.58, 1.02) |
P (trend) | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Sex, age, household type, employment, education, long-standing illness and migrant status;
Impact of each health and wellbeing factor adjusted for demographics and all other health and wellbeing factors
Not adjusted for long-standing illness.