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The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis
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There is a strong link between mental health and physical health, but little is known about the pathways from one to the other. We analyse the direct and indirect effects of past mental health on present physical health and past physical health on present mental health using lifestyle choices and social capital in a mediation framework. We use data on 10,693 individuals aged 50 years and over from six waves (2002-2012) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Mental health is measured by the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES) and physical health by the Activities of Daily Living (ADL). We find significant direct and indirect effects for both forms of health, with indirect effects explaining 10% of the effect of past mental health on physical health and 8% of the effect of past physical health on mental health. Physical activity is the largest contributor to the indirect effects. There are stronger indirect effects for males in mental health (9.9%) and for older age groups in mental health (13.6%) and in physical health (12.6%). Health policies aiming at changing physical and mental health need to consider not only the direct cross-effects but also the indirect cross-effects between mental health and physical health.
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Using six waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this paper finds significant direct and indirect cross-effects between past mental and physical health, with lifestyle choices and social capital mediating about 10% and 8% of the total effects. Physical activity is the largest mediator, and indirect effects vary by age and gender.
Key findings
- Past mental health has significant direct and indirect effects on present physical health, and past physical health has significant direct and indirect effects on present mental health. The total indirect effect accounts for 9.7% of the effect of past mental health on physical health and 8% of the effect of past physical health on mental health.
- Physical activity is the largest contributor to the indirect effects: it explains 77.27% of the total indirect effect of past mental health on physical health, all of the total indirect effect of past physical health on mental health, 7.55% of the total effect of past mental health on physical health, and 8% of the total effect of past physical health on mental health.
- Social interaction explains 13.63% of the total indirect effect of past mental health on physical health. In the full-sample mediation, the indirect cigarette effect is not statistically significant for either direction, though better baseline mental health is associated with smoking about 16% fewer cigarettes on average.
- Indirect effects are heterogeneous: stronger indirect effects are reported for males in mental health (9.9%) and for older age groups in mental health (13.6%) and physical health (12.6%). For 50–60 year olds, cigarette smoking explains 41.7% of the total indirect effect and 5.4% of the total effect of past mental health on physical health.
Methods
- Data: six waves (2002–2012) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, covering 10,693 individuals aged 50 years and over, with 29,944 observations.
- Measures: physical health via the six-item Activities of Daily Living index (0–6, higher = better); mental health via the eight-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (0–8, higher = better); mediators are lagged physical activity, cigarette consumption, and a social interaction index; controls include demographics, education, retirement, insurance, income, region, and year.
- Analysis: random effects regression models estimate direct effects; mediation is estimated by total differentiation/product-of-coefficients, with bootstrapped direct, indirect, and total effects; subgroup analyses are by gender and age quartiles (50–60, 60–70, 70–80, 80+), with robustness checks for smoking addiction stock, two-period lagged mediators, balanced panel, and attrition.
Limitations
- The paper states that only three mediators are considered, whereas other factors such as socio-economic status, dietary choices, or medical care may be important; therefore the estimates are lower bounds for mediator effects and upper bounds for direct effects.
- The paper states that further studies are needed to consider a broader set of mediators and to examine specific health interventions and long-term cross-effects.
- Evident from the text: the analysis relies on observational ELSA data and assumes conditional exogeneity of lifestyle choices and social interaction, random effects, and no reverse causality between physical and mental health, which may limit causal interpretation.
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“The indirect effect accounts for about 10% of the total effect in both models, mainly explained by past physical activity.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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“Physical activity is the largest contributor to the indirect effects.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > Abstract
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“Estimation by subgroups shows heterogeneous effects by age and gender.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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“We find that better baseline mental health increases the intensity of physical activity on average by about 10% in the full sample in Table 2 (3).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.2. Models for the mediators
Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“The baseline value of mental health has a statistically significant and positive direct effect on present physical health.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“A one unit increase in baseline mental health implies a 4% increase in the intensity of physical activity on average.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.2. Models for the mediators
Strength:plain· not yet calibratedCausal:direct· not yet calibratedTests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes? Load-bearing: unclear✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“Fourthly, the employment channel is less important in the older population as 59% of our sample is retired.”
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“Approximately 59% of the sample are retired, 45% are males, 59% have higher education qualifications, and the majority is from a white ethnic group (Table 1).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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“Associations of mental health with baseline physical and mental health, physical activity and social interaction are similar to those in the physical health models (Table 2 (2) and table A2 in the appendix).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“Physical health is further explained by a set of covariates varying across the subgroups.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
Strength:plain· not yet calibratedCausal:correlational· not yet calibratedTests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes? Load-bearing: unclear✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“This effect is stronger for the sample of 50-60 year-olds.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
Strength:plain· not yet calibratedCausal:direct· not yet calibratedTests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes? Load-bearing: unclear✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“To preface our results, we find that both present physical and mental health are explained by direct and indirect effects of past mental and physical health, respectively.”
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“We find significant direct and indirect effects for both forms of health, with indirect effects explaining 10% of the effect of past mental health on physical health and 8% of the effect of past physical health on mental health.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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“Past physical activity and social interactions improve physical health.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“For the physical health models, the coefficient of baseline physical health is positive and statistically significant in all specifications.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.1. Models for the direct effects
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“The share of the total indirect effect in the total effect is lowest for 60-70 year olds (7.9%) and highest for 50-60 year olds (12.9%).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.3. Estimates of the mediating effects
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“Only physical activity mediates the effect of baseline physical health on current mental health, with a positive association.”
- Also stated in: § 5.3. Estimates of the mediating effects · plain
“The sub-sample analysis by age groups and gender on mental health, presented in table A7, is consistent with the full sample analysis in finding that only physical activity mediates the effect of baseline physical health with current mental health.”
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“The relationship of past physical health with present mental health is only mediated by past physical activity.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.3. Estimates of the mediating effects
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“The coefficient is slightly stronger for females with -0.237 than it is for males with -0.205.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.2. Models for the mediators
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
- The authors state this as an assumption: Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
- The authors state this as an assumption: RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
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“The total effect is positive and increases present mental health by about 3.5%.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.3. Estimates of the mediating effects
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“Physical health activity is important throughout the life-cycle from 50+, but is stronger for higher age groups.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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“A report by the Ageing Research Group (Melzer et al., 2012) finds that approximately 55% of the burden of disease amongst the population aged 60 years and over is avoidable by changes in lifestyles in high income countries.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites Melzer et al., 2012
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“These are strong risk factors for ill health and impose a high risk on the health of older populations that could be easily avoided with low-cost interventions (Steptoe et al., 2012).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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“On the full population, lifestyle factors explain up to 70% of the burden of disease (WHO, 2009).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites WHO, 2009
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“Several studies have found that physical activity is negatively associated with depression/anxiety disorders and poor physical health outcomes (Gerber and Puehse 2009;De Mello et al., 2013;Durstine et al., 2013;Wang et al., 2014;Hegberg and Tone, 2015).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.1. Conceptual framework
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“Systematic reviews find strong evidence for positive effects of exercising on both mental and physical health outcomes for older people (Forbes et al., 2008;Clegg et al., 2012).”
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“The findings are robust to the timing of the mediators and how the stock of addiction is modelled.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 1. Introduction
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“Tobacco use explains 17.9% of all deaths and physical inactivity explains 7.7% of all deaths (WHO, 2009).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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- Not checked yetcites WHO, 2009
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“Using a baseline value that pre-dates the mediators mitigates concerns over reverse-causality and captures earlier life investments in health and health endowments.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 4. Methodology and empirical strategy
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“Bootstrapping takes both the longitudinal structure and the random effect error assumption into account.”
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“Tobacco use explains 17.9% of all deaths and physical inactivity explains 7.7% of all deaths (WHO, 2009).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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- Not checked yetcites WHO, 2009
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“Social capital is similarly important in increasing the risks of social isolation, loneliness and exclusion of older populations, which lead to higher risks of mortality (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2012;Melzer et al., 2012;Steptoe et al., 2012).”
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“Reverse-causality is likely to occur as smoking rates are twice as high among adults with depression or anxiety disorders (RCP, 2013).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.1. Conceptual framework
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- Not checked yetcites RCP, 2013
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“For these reasons, we consider our estimates to be lower bounds of the indirect effects between physical and mental health and upper bounds of their direct effects.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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- Rests on an assumption: Other potential mediators such as stress and sleep are captured directly by the measure of mental health.
- Rests on an assumption: Social interactions are critical production factors in health.
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“We measure mental health using the validated eight-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) developed by Radloff (1977).”
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“Thirdly, other factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and alcohol consumption are widely used in the literature as health outcome measures (Banks et al., 2006).”
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“Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the UK (Office for National Statistics UK, 2016).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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- Not checked yetcites Office for National Statistics UK, 2016
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“For example, alcohol consumption and dietary choices together explain only 4.1% of deaths (WHO, 2009).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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- Not checked yetcites WHO, 2009
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“For example, the ELSA started including questions about dietary choices only in the third wave and the phrasing of these questions changed from wave 5 onwards.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.2. Application to mediation analysis
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“Potential interrelations of mental and physical health are accounted for by the inclusion of baseline health values.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 4. Methodology and empirical strategy
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
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“The measure is similar to Steptoe et al. (2012) and also reflects changes in social isolation and loneliness.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 3.1.2. Mediators
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- Not checked yetcites Steptoe et al. (2012) source
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“Previous studies have found a strong positive relationship between social interaction and mental health (Dour et al., 2014;Bekele et al., 2015).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 2.1. Conceptual framework
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“We control in all models for year and regional effects.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 5.4. Robustness test of stock of addiction and time-lags in mediators
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“Better physical and mental health status therefore leads to more physical activity which in return has a positive association with better mental health and physical health.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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“A limitation of this paper is that only a set of three mediators is considered whereas other factors such as socio-economic status, dietary choices or medical care may be important.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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“Gerber and Puehse (2009) have found a similar positive association between mental health and physical activity.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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- Not checked yetcites Gerber and Puehse (2009)
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“Whilst we justify the choice of mediators with a conceptual framework, existing literature, key policy relevance and data availability, we note that we can only capture a lower bound estimate for the mediator effects and an upper bound for the direct effects.”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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“An explanation for this effect is that social interactions favour good health behaviours and vice versa (Umberson et al., 2010).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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- Not checked yetcites Umberson et al., 2010
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In the paper
“The positive association of social ties with mental health has previously been found (Umberson and Montez 2010).”
§ The relationship between physical and mental health: A mediation analysis > 6. Discussion & conclusion
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- Not checked yetcites Umberson and Montez 2010
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The paper relies on this without support.
Little is known about the potential pathways through which mental health affects physical health and vice versa.
“However, little is known about the potential pathways through which mental health affects physical health and vice versa (i.e.so-called “indirect effects”).”
The paper relies on this without support.
No existing mediation study has examined the relationship between physical and mental health and the pathways considered in this paper.
“Many psychological, epidemiologic, and economic studies have used mediation analysis, but none in the context of the relationship between physical and mental health and the pathways that we consider.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.
“We assume that, conditional on baseline health, lifestyle choices and social interaction are exogenous to mental and physical health.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
The indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of physical activity, social interactions, and cigarette consumption.
“We assume that the indirect effects of past mental health on current physical health and of past physical health on current mental health are mediated through lagged effects of the individual health investments, including past physical activity ( -PhysAct it 1 ), past social interactions ( -SC Index it 1 ), and past cigarette consumption ( -CIG it 1 ).”
The authors state this as an assumption.
The errors v_it and ρ_it in equations (1) and (2) are uncorrelated.
“We assume that the errors v it and ρ it in equations ( 1) and ( 2) are uncorrelated.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
The composite error term v_it = μ_i + ε_it has a time-invariant individual component μ_i and a time-varying error ε_it.
“We account for unobserved heterogeneity by including random effects (RE) in all equations, assuming a composite error term = + v μ ε it i it with timeinvariant individual component μ i and time-varying error ε it .”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health, requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.
“This is an important assumption for our model where choices of health investments and consumption are maximised over health requiring that errors are not serially correlated and choices are independent of previous choices.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Other potential mediators such as stress and sleep are captured directly by the measure of mental health.
“Secondly, other potential mediators such as stress and sleep are captured directly by our measure of mental health.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Social interactions are critical production factors in health.
“Finally, social interactions are critical production factors in health.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The ELSA is a representative sample of the English population aged 50 years and older.
“The study is a representative sample of English population aged 50 years and older, collecting objective and subjective data on physical and mental health, and on socio-economic status.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The effect of health lags is captured by the mediators.
“It differs from dynamic models with lagged health because the effect of health lags is captured by the mediators.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.
“RE rules out correlation between the regressors and the unmeasured variability across individuals.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The mediation models are not confounded by unmeasured variables.
“The mediation analysis on physical health shows that the effect of baseline mental health on present physical health is significantly mediated by past physical activity and by past social interaction.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The temporal ordering of baseline health, mediators, and outcomes is correctly specified.
“For models (3)-(5) the time-variant covariates take on (t-1)-lagged values (e.g.Age (t-1), Age Squared (t-1), Higher Education (t-1), Household Size (t-1), Private Insurance (t-1), Retired (t-1), Log-equivalised household income (t-1)).”
The paper relies on this without support.
The ELSA sample is representative of the older English population.
“We use six waves of the ELSA (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012), and investigate potential mediating effects on the full sample size and heterogeneous effects by age-quartiles and gender.”
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“Ohrnberger and colleagues used a mediation model and reported that the relations between psychological and physical health are mediated by lifestyle factors, including increased physical activity and social connections.”
From Cancer, now what? A cross-sectional study examining physical symptoms, subjective well-being, and psychological flexibility (2023) · cites this paper as Ohrnberger et al., 2017
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“These findings support large-scale studies that highlight direct and indirect links between physical and psychological wellness (see Ohrnberger et al., 2017).”
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“SNS addiction (e.g., preoccupation with social media, excessive use) is associated with lower well-being and depression,14,58 which can predict worse physical health.59”
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Social-interaction shares imply more than the stated maximum indirect share
MinorFor ages 70-80, a pathway accounting for 1.3% of the indirect effect and 0.19% of the total effect implies that the indirect effect is about 14.6% of the total. That exceeds the stated maximum of 12.9% across age groups, even allowing for the printed rounding.
“Social interaction explains 1.3% of the total indirect effect and 0.19% of the total effect amongst 70-80 year olds.”
“The share of the total indirect effect in the total effect is lowest for 60-70 year olds (7.9%) and highest for 50-60 year olds (12.9%).”
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BackgroundSpencer-Tansley, R., Meade, N., Ali, F., Simpson, A., & Hunter, A. (2022) · BMC Health Services Research · doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08060-9 · Cited by 59
“The interrelation between physical and mental health is complex and poor mental health can cause physical deterioration [41, 42].”
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“As individuals begin to experience the benefits of improved physical health outcomes, it is expected that mental and social health outcomes will also indirectly improve as research shows that these areas of a person ’ s life are highly interconnected (Ohrnberger et al., 2017; Repetti et al., 2002).”
BackgroundMiklavcic, J. J., Fraser, K. D., Ploeg, J., Markle‐Reid, M., Fisher, K., Gafni, A., Griffith, L. E., Hirst, S. P., Sadowski, C. A., Thabane, L., et al. (2020) · BMC Geriatrics · doi:10.1186/s12877-020-01557-0 · Cited by 56
Waiting for kin: a longitudinal study of family reunification and refugee mental health in Germany
Löbel, L.-M., & Jacobsen, J. (2021) · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies · doi:10.1080/1369183x.2021.1884538 · Cited by 55
“Sixth, knowing about the potential confounding of physical and mental health (Ohrnberger, Fichera, and Sutton 2017), the physical health component summary scale (PCS) is part of the model specification, measuring physical health on a scale from 1 to 100.”
BackgroundSocial Media Use and Its Link to Physical Health Indicators
Lee, D. S., Jiang, T., Crocker, J., & Way, B. M. (2022) · Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking · doi:10.1089/cyber.2021.0188 · Cited by 53
“59 Although it is unclear how much our participants engaged in problematic social media use in this study, future studies may directly assess social media addiction and examine its relation to physical health (e.g., Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale).”
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Patterns of Co-occurring Comorbidities in People Living With HIV
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“Although these findings are in line with reports of the strong link between physical and mental health [28, 29], the nature of these associations is likely to be bidirectional.”
ResultEchoes of conflict: the enduring mental health struggle of Gaza’s healthcare workers
Alah, M. A. (2024) · Conflict and Health · doi:10.1186/s13031-024-00577-6 · Cited by 53
“Physical strength and well-being are crucial not only for the demanding physical tasks they must undertake but also for maintaining clear thinking and optimal mental health [26].”
BackgroundThe use of 3D-Printed Models in Patient Communication: A Scoping Review
Traynor, G., Shearn, A. I. U., Milano, E. G., Ordoñez, M. V., Forte, M. N. V., Caputo, M., Schievano, S., Mustard, H., Wray, J., & Biglino, G. (2022) · Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine · doi:10.2217/3dp-2021-0021 · Cited by 52
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Consumer Financial Fraud in China
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“A cross-sectional study by Britis scholars sh wed that a decrease in the time spent exercising would significantly increase the pr bability of ental health problems [26].”
BackgroundThe effect of cash transfers on mental health: Opening the black box – A study from South Africa
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Apigenin: a natural molecule at the intersection of sleep and aging
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“While sleep and mental health quality are significant contributors to aging and health (84, 103), human studies assessing apigenin’s potential effect on established biomarkers of aging, such as markers of cardiometabolic health, motor function, and cognition, are certainly needed.”
BackgroundHow Far Up the River? Criminal Justice Contact and Health Outcomes
Fernandes, A. D. (2019) · Social Currents · doi:10.1177/2329496519870216 · Cited by 43
“While these two outcomes are often discussed separately, ample research suggests a complex interplay between them, with mental and physical health often influencing each other (Ohrnberger, Fichera, and Sutton 2017).”
BackgroundImpact of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Related Visual Disability on the Risk of Depression
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Fueling Work Engagement: The Role of Sleep, Health, and Overtime
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“Physical activity and social participation are identified as core input factors in health and hence are relevant to health policies for older adults (Ohrnberger et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2009).”
BackgroundTopkaya, N. (2020) · Children and Youth Services Review · doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105782 · Cited by 48
Singleton, A. C., Raeside, R., Partridge, S. R., Hayes, M., Maka, K., Hyun, K. K., Thiagalingam, A., Chow, C. K., Sherman, K. A., Elder, E. E., et al. (2021) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/27076 · Cited by 39
“However, previous research shows that mental and physical health are closely related and that consumers desire mental health information [5,46,47].”
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“A strong association exists between psychological and physical health risks (Ohrnberger et al., 2017), with emotions now recognized to play a critical role in this link (Levenson, 2019).”
BackgroundBai, Z., Wang, Z., Shao, T., et al. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17082775 · Cited by 39
“Our study showed that a higher level of social connection was associated with better elderly functional ability, as supported by previous studies reporting that more social connection linked to less likely to have functional limitations [38,39].”
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Treat-to-target in axial spondyloarthritis — what about physical function and activity?
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The Association between Video Game Time and Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Rural China
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“Evidence shows a strong positive association between mental illness experienced during adolescence and negative life outcomes, such as lower educational attainment [2,3] and decreased work productivity [4].”
BackgroundEffects of temperature on mental health: Evidence and mechanisms from China
Hou, J., Wang, C., Wang, H., & Zhang, P. (2023) · China Economic Review · doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2023.101953 · Cited by 39
“Our results are consistent with the existing related literature (Ohrnberger, Fichera, and Sutton, 2017; Shao, Chen, and Ma, 2022).”
ResultCarlin, E., Atkinson, D. N., & Marley, J. V. (2019) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph16214253 · Cited by 38
Borchert, K., Jacob, C., Wetzel, N., Jänicke, M., Eggers, E., Sauer, A., Marschner, N. W., Altevers, J., Mittendorf, T., & Greiner, W. (2020) · Health Economics Review · doi:10.1186/s13561-020-00297-6 · Cited by 33
“They found that 8% of the total effect of physical health on mental health is mediated by physical health, with better physical health being correlated with higher physical activity which in turn has a positive impact on mental health [18].”
BackgroundHow mental health professionals can address disparities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Loeb, T. B., Ebor, M. T., Smith-Clapham, A. M., Chin, D., Novacek, D. M., Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Norwood-Scott, E., Hamilton, A. B., Brown, A. F., & Wyatt, G. E. (2020) · Traumatology An International Journal · doi:10.1037/trm0000292 · Cited by 36
“…advocacy efforts to both bring attention to and mitigate disparities through its Health Disparities Program (Keita, 2012) and Political Action Committee (APA, 2017e), health and mental health disparity outcomes, inexorably linked (APA, 2017d; Ohrnberger et al., 2017), nonetheless persist.”
BackgroundThanem, T., & Elraz, H. (2022) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/ijmr.12293 · Cited by 41
“Though difficult to draw a clear boundary between mental and physical health (e.g., Ohrnberger et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2004), it is estimated that 40% of all disabilities in work organizations worldwide involve mental health problems (Mental Health Foundation, 2019), and it has…”
BackgroundRacial Difference in the Relationship Between Health and Happiness in the United States
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“Even after controlling for confounders, strong cross-effects between physical and mental health are still valid [47].”
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“…so as to maintain the survivors’ mental health (Tsang et al., 2016); alcohol use might interfere with the emotional processing of trauma survivors and increase susceptibility to PTSD (Straus et al., 2018); and 2-week illness might exacerbate psychological stress (Ohrnberger et al., 2017).”
BackgroundThe Interplay Between Quality of Life and Resilience Factors in Later Life: A Network Analysis
Brinkhof, L. P., Huth, K. B. S., Murre, J. M. J., de Wit, S., Krugers, H. J., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752564 · Cited by 45
Mindfulness training, cognitive performance and stress reduction
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“This is similar to another study which showed that participants who made positive changes to their physical health, including increasing physical activity and maintaining healthier diets, were associated with not only better physical health but also better mental health [42].”
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The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Occurrence of Psychosomatic Symptoms: Are They Related?
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ResultMindfulness and Acceptance–Based Interventions in Physical Therapist Practice: The Time Is Now
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“Strong cross-effects between mental and physical health have been reported even after controlling for confounding factors, although little is known about the pathways involved.(75) Another challenge is identifying multimorbidity itself using self-reported data, where under-reporting of conditions like mental health di…”
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“It is important to note that whilst psychological, physical and social benefits have been separated in our reporting, these aspects are in fact inextricably interlinked, for example, improved physical functioning can lead to better mental health, as acknowledged by our participants and research [52].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ohrnberger, J., Fichera, E., & Sutton, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ohrnberger, Julius
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 195
- Pages
- 42-49
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2766487143
- Semantic Scholar
- ffc0fc37cb36639a67f3600d87f92e6ae76fbf8f
- Cited by
- 967
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 130 · 2024: 173 · 2023: 150 · 2022: 142 · 2021: 128 · 2020: 123 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 13
- FWCI
- 52.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0515-10080)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- mental health, physical health, mediation analysis, physical activity, lifestyle choices, social capital, activities of daily living, depression, older adults, gender differences, age differences, health policy
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Female, United Kingdom, Health Status, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged
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