Teshale, Achamyeleh Birhanu;
Htun, Htet Lin;
Owen, Alice;
Gasevic, Danijela;
Phyo, Aung Zaw Zaw;
Fancourt, Daisy;
Ryan, Joanne;
... Freak-Poli, Rosanne; + view all
(2023)
The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Cardiovascular Diseases: An Umbrella Review.
Journal of the American Heart Association
, Article e029765. 10.1161/JAHA.123.029765.
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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) may be the next forefront of reducing the enormous burden of CVD. SDoH can be defined as any social, economic, or environmental factor that influences a health outcome. Comprehensive evidence of the role of SDoH in CVD is lacking, nevertheless. This umbrella review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the role of SDoH in CVD. We searched systematic reviews (with or without meta-analyses) using 8 databases and included review reference lists. Four themes (economic circumstances, social/community context, early childhood development, and neighbourhood/built environment) and health literacy in the health/health care theme were considered. Seventy reviews were eligible. Despite the quality of the included reviews being low or critically low, there was consistent evidence that factors relating to economic circumstances and early childhood development themes were associated with an increased risk of CVD and CVD mortality. We also found evidence that factors in the social/community context and neighbourhood/built environment themes, such as social isolation, fewer social roles, loneliness, discrimination, ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status, violence, and environmental attributes, had a role in CVD. SDoH factors without (or with minimal) evidence synthesis for CVD were also identified. In sum, this umbrella review offers evidence that SDoH, especially economic circumstance and early childhood development, play a significant role in CVD. This calls for the strengthening of nonmedical interventions that address multiple factors simultaneously and the inclusion of SDoH in future CVD risk prediction models. Registration URL: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/; Unique identifier: CRD42022346994.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Cardiovascular Diseases: An Umbrella Review |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1161/JAHA.123.029765 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.029765 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Social context cardiovascular disease, social determinants of health, socioeconomic status, umbrella review |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172592 |
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