Er du lykkelig, eller hvad?: Et metodekombinerende speciale omkring konsekvenserne af uligheden i sundhed for sammenhængen mellem sundhedsrelateret livsstil og livskvalitet.
Oversat titel
Are you happy, or what?: A mixed method thesis about the consequences of inequality in health for the consistency between health-related lifestyle and quality of life.
Forfatter
Nielsen, Louise Krogsgaard
Semester
4. semester
Uddannelse
Udgivelsesår
2015
Resumé
Specialet tager udgangspunkt i den veldokumenterede ulighed i sundhed i Danmark og undersøger, hvilke konsekvenser den har for sammenhængen mellem sundhedsrelateret livsstil og livskvalitet: Er det muligt at leve usundt og stadig være lykkelig? Med udgangspunkt i data fra Region Nordjyllands Sundhedsprofil 2013 anvendes et metodekombinerende design, der både ser udefra gennem kvantitative analyser (multipel korrespondanceanalyse, bivariate analyser og ordinal logistisk regression) og indefra gennem fokusgruppeinterviews med fem borgere. Teoretisk anvendes Pierre Bourdieu til at forstå ulighed i sundhed og Madis Kajandi til at strukturere begrebet livskvalitet. De kvantitative resultater viser, at borgernes socioøkonomiske vilkår i høj grad former deres sundhedsrelaterede livsstil, og at en sund livsstil typisk hænger sammen med højere livskvalitet. Samtidig viser analyserne, at næsten en tredjedel af borgere med usund livsstil angiver at være meget lykkelige, og at livskvalitet også afhænger af ydre livsvilkår, mellemmenneskelige relationer og indre psykologiske forhold; livsstil har en selvstændig, men ikke fuldstændig, forklaringskraft. De kvalitative interviews underbygger, at raske deltagere oplever, at en sund livsstil øger deres livskvalitet, mens deltagere med usund livsstil ikke nødvendigvis oplever lavere livskvalitet—nogle vurderer tværtimod, at en sundere livsstil ville reducere deres livskvalitet. Samlet peger specialet på, at en sund livsstil ofte fremmer livskvaliteten, men at visse borgere opretholder høj livskvalitet trods usunde vaner, og at andre forhold kan være mere betydningsfulde for livskvaliteten end livsstilen alene.
This thesis starts from the well-documented health inequality in Denmark and examines its consequences for the link between health-related lifestyle and quality of life: Is it possible to live unhealthily and still be happy? Using data from the North Denmark Region’s 2013 Health Profile, it employs a mixed-methods design that looks from the outside via quantitative analyses (multiple correspondence analysis, bivariate analyses, and ordinal logistic regression) and from the inside via focus group interviews with five citizens. Theoretically, Pierre Bourdieu is used to frame health inequality and Madis Kajandi to organize the concept of quality of life. The quantitative results show that socioeconomic conditions strongly shape health-related lifestyle and that a healthy lifestyle is typically associated with higher quality of life. At the same time, the analyses show that nearly one third of citizens with an unhealthy lifestyle report being very happy, and that quality of life also depends on external living conditions, interpersonal relationships, and inner psychological states; lifestyle has an independent but not exhaustive explanatory role. The qualitative interviews support that healthy participants experience a positive effect of healthy habits, while those with unhealthy habits do not necessarily perceive lower quality of life—some even argue that adopting a healthier lifestyle would reduce their quality of life. Overall, the thesis suggests that a healthy lifestyle often promotes quality of life, but some people maintain high quality of life despite unhealthy habits, and broader factors may matter more than lifestyle alone.
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