OBJECTIVES In many countries, reducing inequalities in health and mortality has become a significant problem. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between employment status and self rated health in study population. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was performed in the randomly selected population of individuals aged 25-64 years. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds rat...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between self-rated health, adjusted for standard risk factors, and myocardial infarction. DESIGN Population-based prospective cohort study. SETTING Enrolment took place between 1990 and 2004 in Västerbotten County, Sweden PARTICIPANTS Every year, persons in the total population, aged 40, 50 or 60 were invited. Participation rate was 60%. The cohor...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the association between self-rated or interviewer-rated recent acute stress exposures and low-grade inflammation and daily cortisol production in adolescents is moderated by chronic stress ratings. METHODS Acute and chronic stress exposures were assessed in 261 adolescents aged 13 to 16 years using a semistructured life stress interview. The negative impact of a...

PURPOSE To review the association between sleep duration and self-rated health. METHODS A search for original and review articles focusing on sleep duration and self-rated health was performed in PubMed. The general search strategy was [("sleep duration" OR "total sleep time" OR "time in bed") AND "self-rated health"]. RESULTS We found 22 articles in the English language; 8 articles with no...

The predictive validity of instruments commonly used to measure the therapeutic alliance was evaluated, using 46 sessions drawn from a clinical trial comparing manual-guided therapies for substance use. The California Psychotherapy Alliance Scale, Penn Helping Alliance Rating Scale, Vanderbilt Therapeutic Alliance Scale, and Working Alliance Inventory (Observer, Therapist, and Client versions) ...

The subjective concept of health included in the self-rated health process allows identifying factors associated with good self-rated health in populations. This cross-sectional population-based study in 2007-2008 focused on self-rated health and associated factors among adults (n = 1,516) in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil. The multivariate analysis used Poisson regression, with fair/poor self-...

background: dental students constitute a stakeholder group that is able to provide unique information concerning the effectiveness of the dental curriculum. the purpose of this study was to determine students’ perceptions of the learning environment, intellectual climate and teacher student relationships in dental school.     methods: this study was conducted among 341 dental students of two de...

background: morning reports are one the most popular clinical education in hospital setting. the first step to improve quality of this educational method is to know about current situation. the aim of this study was to study the effect of educational workshop on quality of morning report in golestan university of medical sciences. methods: in this interventional study, using census sampling 147...

Self-rated health is a frequently used health indicator, but there is little data on its comparability across cultures. We employed samples from Tampere, Finland, and Florence, Italy, of the European Longitudinal Study on Aging to examine the cultural and gender differences in self-rated health. Personal interview data was used and vital status ascertained after 7 years. After adjusting for sev...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between exposure to adverse psychosocial working conditions and poor self-rated health among bank employees. METHODS A cross-sectional study including a sample of 2,054 employees of a government bank was conducted in 2008. Self-rated health was assessed by a single question: "In general, would you say your health is (...)." Exposure to adverse psychosocial ...