BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) patients experience impaired functional status, diminished quality of life, high utilization of healthcare resources, and poor survival. Yet, the identification of patient-centered factors that influence prognosis is lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS We determined the association of 2 measures of self-rated health with healthcare utilization and skilled nursing facili...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the self-rated health of the UK military and explore factors associated with poor self-rated health. Compare self-rated health of the military to the general population. DESIGN A cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 7626 serving and ex-serving UK military personnel, aged between 25 and 49; 19,452,300 civilians from England and Wales. SETTING United Kingdom (milit...

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...

OBJECTIVES To study the relationships between global self-rated health, reported physical symptoms and depressive symptoms and the receipt of community services by very elderly people, and to examine changes in these variables over time. DESIGN Three-wave study with follow-up at 2.4 and 6 years after first interview. Structured interview, incorporating cognitive examination (Mini-Mental State...

The social engagement and self-rated health of retirees were studied for gender differences in a Nigerian setting. The study was based on the hypothesis that gender difference in the level of social engagement entailing particularly, the traditional ceremonies may be reflected in differential self-rated health. The engagement (visitations, traditional ceremonies, religious activities and leisur...

The aim of this study was to test the association between self-rated health status (i.e. psychological and interpersonal welfare, physical health, coping mechanisms) and absence from work due to illness in the Slovenian armed forces. 390 military personnel were included in the study. Two groups of soldiers, healthy (G1-H) and sick/less healthy (G2-S), were created according to the median value ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between negative self-rated health and indicators of health, wellbeing and sociodemographic variables in older adults. METHODS Cross-sectional study that used data from a population-based health survey with a probability cluster sample that was carried out in Campinas, SP, Southeastern Brazil,, in 2008 and 2009. The participants were older adults (≥ 60 yea...

INTRODUCTION Self-rated health is a widely used health outcome measure that strongly correlates with physical and mental health status and predicts mortality. This study identified the set of predictors of fair/poor self-rated health in adult female and male populations of Armenia during a period of long-lasting socio-economic transition to a market economy. METHODS Differences in self-rated ...

BACKGROUND Physical exercise has positive effects on health. However, its associations with self-rated health and body image, which are important predictors for adolescents' wellbeing and later morbidity, are complex. METHODS Cross-sectional survey among 2527 Norwegian adolescents. We examined the relations between self-reported gender, body size, amount and type of exercise and measures of s...

BACKGROUND The study examines whether self-rated health forms a continuum from poor through average to good health in terms of two groups of health-related variables. METHODS The data come from the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions, a representative sample of Finnish men and women aged 25 years or older (n = 7290). Logistic regression analysis was used with two dependent variables: (1)...