Insights into the concept of vitality: Associations with participation and societal costs
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BACKGROUND: In healthcare, the focus is currently shifting from someone's disabilities to someone's abilities, which is also evident from the increasing focus on vitality. Vitality (here defined as energy, motivation and resilience) is an often used concept, which also aims at someone's capabilities. However, little is known about vitality yet; in particular about its association with participation and societal costs. METHODS: Within a cross-sectional design, information regarding vitality, participation and societal costs was collected among 8015 Dutch adults aged 20 years and over. Vitality was measured using the validated Dutch Vitality Questionnaire (Vita-16). Information on economic (i.e. want/able to work, work absenteeism, work performance), societal (i.e. voluntary work, informal care giving) and social participation (i.e. quantity and quality of social contacts) and societal costs (i.e. healthcare and work-related costs) was collected using an internet survey. RESULTS: Significant associations were found between vitality and various economic (i.e.sustainable employability:want to work: β = 1.21, 95% CI: 0.99-1.43,able to work:β = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.79-2.38;work absenteeism: OR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.71-0.79;work performance:β = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.46-0.52), societal (i.e.voluntary work, informal care) and social (i.e.quantity and quality of social contacts) participation measures, as well as between vitality and societal costs (i.e.healthcare costs:β = -213.73, 95% CI: €-311.13 to €-107.08),absenteeism costs: β = -338.57, 95% CI: €-465.36 to €-214.14 and presenteeism costs:β = -1293.31, 95% CI: €-1492.69 to €-1088.95). CONCLUSION: This study showed significant positive associations between vitality and economic, societal and social participation and negative associations between vitality and societal costs. This may stimulate research on interventions enhancing and maintaining vitality and thereby contributing to improved participation and reduced costs.
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- Authors
- van Steenbergen, E., van Dongen, J. M., Wendel-Vos, G. C. W., Hildebrandt, V. H., & Strijk, J. E.
- Affiliations
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL)
- Venue
- The European Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2015-11-16
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 354-359
- ISSN
- 1101-1262 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-360X
- OpenAlex
- W2180673878
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 4.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
- TNO Repository (submittedVersion)
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- Repository hosted by TU Delft Library (TU Delft) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- participation, social costs, social participation (health and rehabilitation), absenteeism, employee performance, health care costs, informal care, volunteering, resilience, employability
- MeSH terms
- Absenteeism, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Expenditures, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Quality of Life, Socioeconomic Factors, Models, Econometric, Cost of Illness, Resilience, Psychological
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