@Article{info:doi/10.2196/23762,
author="Yen, Tso-Jung
and Chan, Ta-Chien
and Fu, Yang-Chih
and Hwang, Jing-Shiang",
title="Quality of Life and Multilevel Contact Network Structures Among Healthy Adults in Taiwan: Online Participatory Cohort Study",
journal="J Med Internet Res",
year="2022",
month="Jan",
day="28",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="e23762",
keywords="contact diary; egocentric networks; social support; weak ties; World Health Organization Quality of Life Survey; quality of life; networks; demography; society",
abstract="Background: People's quality of life diverges on their demographics, socioeconomic status, and social connections. Objective: By taking both demographic and socioeconomic features into account, we investigated how quality of life varied on social networks using data from both longitudinal surveys and contact diaries in a year-long (2015-2016) study. Methods: Our 4-wave, repeated measures of quality of life followed the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life scale (WHOQOL-BREF). In our regression analysis, we integrated these survey measures with key time-varying and multilevel network indices based on contact diaries. Results: People's quality of life may decrease if their daily contacts contain high proportions of weak ties. In addition, people tend to perceive a better quality of life when their daily contacts are face-to-face or initiated by others or when they contact someone who is in a good mood or someone with whom they can discuss important life issues. Conclusions: Our findings imply that both functional and structural aspects of the social network play important but different roles in shaping people's quality of life. ",
issn="1438-8871",
doi="10.2196/23762",
url="https://www.jmir.org/2022/1/e23762",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/23762",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35089142"
}