Hi everyone! For my thesis, I am doing research on social participation and health. However, I am a bit unsure about how to build the regression model. I am planning on doing several analyses with different independent variables that represent social participation scores. To keep it simple, I will give an example with the analysis of the score: total frequency of participation, a score with a range of 0-3.
Independent variable: total frequency of participation (measured at baseline, 2 weeks before hospitalization)
Dependent variable: self-rated health (measured at follow-up, 3 months post-discharge)
Covariates: Age, gender, civil status, memory problems, fatigue
I am interested in whether there is an association between how socially embedded an individual is (before hospitalization) and health status 3 months after hospitalization. I would not like to measure change scores between baseline and follow-up, but just the overall health status at follow-up to see if people that are more socially embedded have a better self-rated health at that moment. My suggestion is to do a regression analysis with self-rated health measured at follow-up as dependent variable, and then add self-rated health at baseline as a covariate.
However, I am not sure if this is the correct way to do it. Can anyone help me out with this?
Independent variable: total frequency of participation (measured at baseline, 2 weeks before hospitalization)
Dependent variable: self-rated health (measured at follow-up, 3 months post-discharge)
Covariates: Age, gender, civil status, memory problems, fatigue
I am interested in whether there is an association between how socially embedded an individual is (before hospitalization) and health status 3 months after hospitalization. I would not like to measure change scores between baseline and follow-up, but just the overall health status at follow-up to see if people that are more socially embedded have a better self-rated health at that moment. My suggestion is to do a regression analysis with self-rated health measured at follow-up as dependent variable, and then add self-rated health at baseline as a covariate.
However, I am not sure if this is the correct way to do it. Can anyone help me out with this?