Some problems with life event lists and health outcomes
Some problems with life event lists and health outcomes
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327558ijbm1203_9
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Pachana, N
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作者：
Dobson, A;Smith, N;Pachana, N
生活事件列表广泛用于健康结果研究。作为澳大利亚妇女健康大型队列研究的一部分，制定了按年龄和性别划分的生活事件清单，并在一段时间内对不同年龄组的妇女进行了管理。在这篇文章中，我们提供了经验证据，生活事件的回忆是受伸缩（即，据报告，遥远的事件发生在最近）和情绪（心理健康得分较低的妇女报告更多的生活事件，特别是感知的而不是事实事件）。然而，即使调整混杂因素后，身体健康状况较差与生活事件较多之间仍存在明显关联。因此，这些结果表明，在健康研究中仍然需要生活事件清单，但也突出了使用它们的方法学挑战。
Lists of life events are widely used in health outcomes research. As part of a large cohort study of women's health in Australia, age- and gender-specific life events lists were developed and administered to women in different age groups over time. In this article, we provide empirical evidence that recall of life events is subject to telescoping (i.e., remote events are reported to have occurred more recently) and to mood (women with lower mental health scores report more life events, especially perceived rather than factual events). Nevertheless, even after adjustment for confounders, there is a clear association between poorer physical health and more life events. Therefore, these results demonstrate a continuing need for lists of life events in health research but also highlight the methodological challenges in using them.