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The effect of loneliness and change in loneliness on self-rated health (SRH): A longitudinal study among aging people

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011
The association between adverse health and loneliness among aging people is known, but most of the studies are cross-sectional. In addition, the associations between changes in loneliness with health are less well known, especially in the case of aging people.
Olli Nummela   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The relationship between the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) and self-rated health (SRH) in the North West region of England. [PDF]

open access: possible, 2023
Background The associations between occupational status, spatial concentration and health have been extensively researched. However, changes in patterns of employment suggest that established measures might not be wholly representative of modern socioeconomic conditions.
Stanley, Philip, Sedda, Luigi
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Self-rated health (SRH) and socioeconomic position (SEP) among urban home-dwelling older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012
The main purpose of this study was to examine the association of education and adequacy of income with self-rated health (SRH) among home-dwelling older people aged 75 and over living in the urban area. A cross-sectional survey from 2008 was used to study 1395 older adults aged 75 and over living in one of the central areas of the city center of ...
Tommi Sulander
exaly   +3 more sources

Factors affecting trajectory patterns of self-rated health (SRH) in an older population—A community-based longitudinal study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012
Self-rated health (SRH) is considered a relevant and important predictor for major health outcomes in the older population. SRH status may interact with certain factors and change over a person's lifetime. In this study, we sought to characterize profiles of older people over time by constructing prototypical trajectories of the variable of interest ...
Hui-Chuan Huang, Kuan-Chia Lin
exaly   +3 more sources

Self-rated health (SRH) as a predictor of mortality in elderly men living in a medium-size city in Brazil

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2010
The objective was to examine the role of SRH as a predictor of mortality in elderly men in a medium-size Brazilian city. In 2 years of follow-up, 120 deaths occurred in the study population, with the following main causes: cardiovascular diseases (40%), neoplasms (22.5%), and respiratory diseases (10%). In practically all of the target variable strata,
Livia Maria Santiago   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Comparison of self-rated health in older people of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tampere, Finland: how sensitive is SRH to cross-cultural factors? [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Ageing, 2008
The aim of this study was to examine if there are differences in self-rated health (SRH) between older people in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tampere, Finland. Two SRH measures were examined: a global measure without any frame of reference, and an age-comparative SRH with an explicitly elicited reference of age peers. The Tampere data, consisting of 737
Ilkka Pietilä   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Gender differences in the relationship between self-rated health (SRH) and 6-year mortality risks among the elderly in Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between SRH and mortality among 784 non-institutionalized community-living elderly in Japan from 1995 to 2001. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews. The direct effect was estimated by the ratio of regression coefficient of two adjacent models (full model entered all covariates ...
Kazushi Okamoto
exaly   +3 more sources

Factors associated with self-rated health (SRH) of a University of the Third Age (U3A) class participants

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2013
A U3A is a way of making elderly people active. Our study aims to investigate the association between socioeconomic variables, selected symptoms, disorders and the SRH of participants of classes at the U3A.The study was conducted in 2011 in a group of participants of classes at the U3A in Plock, Poland. The authors examined 250 people aged 60 or older.
Irena, Maniecka-Bryła   +3 more
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What determines Self-Rated Health (SRH)? A cross-sectional study of SF-36 health domains in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010
Background Self-Rated Health (SRH) as assessed by a single-item measure is an independent predictor of health outcomes. However, it remains uncertain which elements of the subjective health experience it most strongly captures.
Nahal, Mavaddat   +5 more
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