29 30 Cheng et al used a subjective SES indicator (economic hardship) and found that Chinese who reported economic hardship were more likely to rate a lower SRH.
Fifty-seven percen=140=140) of households reported economic hardship.
More CHF and COPD patients reported economic hardship as a result of their illness than those with diabetes.
96.7% of participants reported experiencing hardship in the previous 12 months and this proportion was similar across diagnosis groups (Table 2).
During qualitative interviews, HCWs also reported allowances (hardship, marriage, over-time), as well as rest and recuperation time as being important.
Overall, most respondents did not report financial hardship as a result of quarantine.
Relapsers were more likely to report financial hardship using a number of different measures including access to holidays and feeling financially insecure (odds ratio (OR) 5.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.5, 21.4)).
The prevalence of hardship reported in this study is lower than that found for other chronically ill patient populations in the same region [ 9].
Elderly Chinese with less subjective economic hardship reported much better self-rated health (SRH) (OR 1.57 4.70, all p<0.01)< and higher Medical Outcomes Study short form (SF 12 scores (β 2.56 10.26, all p<0.01) than those with economic hardship.
One study of overall financial hardship reported associations with healthy food habits in working Finnish adults, independent of education, occupational grade, income and home-ownership (Lallukka, Laaksonen, Rahkonen, Roos, & Lahelma, 2006).
