Background The self-rated health of adolescents and young adults is important for estimating future morbidities mortality. Little known about how physical fitness in younger populations predicts health. This longitudinal study (2003-2017) aims to explore the effects on basis German population–based KiGGS its in-depth study, MoMo. Methods Self-rated was assessed using a one-item scale, measured ...

OBJECTIVE To examine what factors predict adolescents' concepts of their health. METHODS The study, based on the longitudinal National Population Health Survey, included 1,493 adolescents who were 12-19 at the time of interview. Sex, age, grade, family structure, income, disability, chronic health problems, social supports, social involvement, school/work involvement, smoking, alcohol bingein...

OBJECTIVE To explore the role of working conditions in the association between socioeconomic position and health after retirement age using over 20 years follow-up. METHOD Two Swedish nationally representative Level of Living Surveys (total N = 1,131) were used. Ordered logistic regression was used to assess the association between socioeconomic position and health (self-rated health, psychol...

The prevalence of different neighborhood environmental stressors and associations between the stressors and self-rated health are described in a representative sample of 2,077 individuals, aged 18-85 years, in southern Sri Lanka. Mosquito menace (69.4%), stray dog problems (26.8%), nuisance from neighbors (20.3%), and nuisance from drug users (18.7%) were found to be the most prevalent environm...

This study investigated the relationships among gender role and self-reported health functioning in a sample of community dwelling older adults. One hundred and two (55 female, 47 male) participants were recruited through seniors' associations in Windsor, Ontario. Analyses of variance were conducted separately by gender to compare the self-rated physical health functioning, wellness, and life s...

These secondary analyses were conducted to identify predictors of self-rated driving ability over three years in community-dwelling older adults. From the Staying Keen in Later Life (SKILL) study, baseline and 3-year follow-up data for 426 older drivers were analyzed. Health, visual, physical, psychological and cognitive abilities were examined as prospective predictors of self-rated driving ab...

BACKGROUND We investigate the association between occupational social class and self-rated health (SRH) at different ages in men and women. METHODS Cross sectional population study of 22,457 men and women aged 39-79 years living in the general community in Norfolk, United Kingdom, recruited using general practice age-sex registers in 1993-1997. The relationship between self-rated health and s...

Self-rated health is a commonly used measure of physical health status. While the development of one's perception of self-rated health likely occurs during childhood and adolescence, its development has been largely unexplored. This study addresses this issue by examining the relationship between adolescent self-rated health and personal (sex, age) and situation (family structure, family income...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with self-rated health among older adults, considering five dimensions: sociodemographic variables, social support, lifestyle risk factors, health status, and access to/use of healthcare services. METHODS Of the 1,742 older adults (> or =60 years) living in the town of Bambuí (southeastern Brazil), 1,516 (87.0%) participated in the study. Information ...