Sociodemographics, self-rated health, and mortality in the US

Franks, Peter; Gold, Marthe R.; Fiscella, Kevin

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00281-2

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“…Answers are given according to a 10 five-point ordinal response scale with categories '5-poor', '4-not so good', '3-fair', '2-good' and '1-excellent'. Self-assessed health has been proven to have value in predicting objective health outcomes, morbidity and mortality (Idler and Benyamini, 1997;Franks et al, 2003).…”

Section: Health Measuresmentioning

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How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Prentice

McKillop

French

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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The mechanisms by which financial strain affects health are not well understood. In this paper, we conduct a longitudinal mediation analysis of the Dutch National Bank 5Household Survey. To quantify the relative importance of biological and nonbiological pathways from financial strain to health, we consider smoking, heavy drinking and being overweight as plausible behavioural responses to financial strain but find that only 4.9% of the response of self-reported health to financial strain is mediated by these behaviours. Further analysis indicates that although financial strain increases 10 impulsivity this has little effect on unhealthy behaviours. Economic stresses therefore appear to be distinct from other forms of stress in the relatively minor influence of nonbiological pathways to ill-health.

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Section: Health Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Prentice

McKillop

French

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Perceived health incorporates patients' perspective about their health status; it also reliably predicts morbidity and mortality (Franks, Gold, & Fischella, 2003). Although a number of studies have examined predictors of perceived health status in the general population (Bailis, Segall, & Chipperfield, 2003;Franks et al, 2003;Subramanian, Kim, & Kawachi, 2002), there is only limited research examining perceived health among homeless adults, and what is available is dated. For example, the early work of Ropers and Boyer (1987) found that the most important predictors of perceived health status, as rated poorly by homeless individuals, were the presence of a chronic condition, sustained depression, and symptomatology related to significant alcohol use.…”

Section: Predictors Of Perceived Health Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Perceived Health Status of Tuberculosis-Infected Homeless

Nyamathi

Berg²,

Jones³

et al. 2005

West J Nurs Res

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This study examines the predictors of perceived health status among homeless adults with latent tuberculosis (TB) in Los Angeles, especially in relation to gender differences. Total, 415 men and women enrolled in a TB-adherence trial completed baseline assessments concerning health status. Results indicated that women were more likely than men to report being in fair or poor health and to have experienced health problems. More women than men self-reported daily drug use and poor mental health. Homeless women were also more likely than their male counterparts to receive support from non–drug-users. Homeless adults who reported fair or poor health were also more likely than those who reported better health to have used injection drugs, to report experiencing depressive symptoms and poor mental health, and to have been homeless more than 3 years. Predictors of fair or poor health included being female and experiencing more depressive symptoms.

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“…The feeling of wellbeing extrapolates the presence of objective conditions, although it presents well-established relationships with clinical conditions and with indicators of morbidity and mortality. 8 The progressive aging of the population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases have been pointed out as the main factors responsible for the development of disabilities during adulthood. 14 This results in questions about the presence of long-term illness or disabilities, with or without limitations on activities, in health surveys.…”

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confidence: 99%

Medidas de morbidade referida e inter-relações com dimensões de saúde

2008

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the interrelationships between self-rated health, perceptions of long-term illness and diagnoses of chronic diseases. METHODS:In the World Health Survey, carried out in Brazil in 2003, 5,000 individuals aged 18 years and over who had been selected from a three-stage stratifi ed sample were interviewed. The original questionnaire was adapted for the Brazilian context. It covered the presence of long-term illness or disability, self-rating of health (general and in several domains) and diagnoses of six chronic diseases (arthritis, angina, asthma, depression, schizophrenia and diabetes mellitus). To compare the relationships between self-rated health, perceptions of long-term illness and the chronic diseases evaluated, the statistical test of homogeneity of proportions and multiple logistic regression models were used. RESULTS:Self-rating of health as "not good" and perceptions of having long-term illnesses were signifi cantly more frequent among women, individuals aged 50 years and over and individuals with one or more of the diseases investigated. The interviewees with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus presented the worst self-rated health: 70.9% reported having a long-term illness and 79.3% considered that their health was "not good". Worse health ratings were found when two or more diseases were present together. The effect of selfrating of health on the perceptions of long-term illness was stronger than was the number of diseases. CONCLUSIONS:The three ways of measuring morbidity presented signifi cant interrelationships. Self-rating of health as "not good" had a more important effect on the perceptions of long-term illness, thus suggesting that subjective measurements of health status may be more sensitive for establishing and monitoring individuals' wellbeing.

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Sociodemographics, self-rated health, and mortality in the US

Cited by 406 publications

References 53 publications

How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Predictors of Perceived Health Status of Tuberculosis-Infected Homeless

Medidas de morbidade referida e inter-relações com dimensões de saúde

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