Self-assessed health and mortality: could psychosocial factors explain the association?
BACKGROUND: The single-item question of self-assessed health has consistently been reported to be associated with mortality, even after controlling for a wide range of health measurements and known risk factors for mortality. It has been suggested that this association is due to psychosocial factors which are both related to self-assessed health and to mortality. We tested this hypothesis. METHODS: The study was carried out in a subsample (n = 5667) of the GLOBE-population, a prospective cohort study conducted in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. Data on self-assessed health, sociodemo... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2002 |
Schlagwörter: | *Attitude to Health / *Health Status / *Mortality / *Self Assessment (Psychology) / Adaptation / Psychological / Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Follow-Up Studies / Health Surveys / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Netherlands/epidemiology / Odds Ratio / Proportional Hazards Models / Prospective Studies / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Risk Factors / Social Support / Stress / Psychological/complications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27216459 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/10064 |