Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness: inter-relationships with morbidity in early adulthood
Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness: inter-relationships with morbidity in early adulthood
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DOI：
10.1093/ije/30.3.600
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发表时间：
2001-06-01
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Power, C
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作者：
Manor, O;Matthews, S;Power, C
背景自测健康和限制长期存在的疾病都是广泛使用的全球健康措施，但了解是穷人的意义和效度在年轻ages.Methods我们研究了自测健康和限制长期存在的疾病和特定的健康问题之间的关联在两个年龄（23和33岁），并评估了10年期间的变化，每个健康措施相对于另一个。结果自测健康和限制性长期疾病之间存在着强相关性，且与特定的健康问题之间存在着强相关性，特别是与严重疾病（如癫痫、癌症、糖尿病）之间的相关性更强，与不严重疾病（如灌肠和花粉热）之间的相关性更弱。在这10年期间，总体健康和限制长期疾病的评级高度稳定，大部分但不是全部的健康变化反映了健康状况的恶化。在限制疾病恶化对应于一个更大的健康下降，在特定conditions.Conclusions自测健康和限制长期患病是有效的健康措施，适用于一般的健康调查。
Background Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness are both widely used global measures of health, but understanding is poor of their meaning and validity at younger ages.Methods We examined the association between self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness and specific health problems at two ages (23 and 33 years), and assessed change over the 10-year period for each health measure relative to another. Longitudinal data were taken Gum the nationally representative British birth cohort for which health measures were obtained at ages 23 and 33.Results Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness were strongly associated with each other as well as with specific health problems, particularly with serious conditions (e.g. epilepsy, cancer, diabetes) and more weakly with less serious conditions (e.g. enema and hay fever). Rating of overall health and limiting longstanding illness was highly stable during the 10-year period with most, but not all, health change reflecting a deterioration in health status. Deterioration in limiting illness corresponded to an even greater health decline in specific conditions.Conclusions Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness are valid health measures appropriate for use in general health surveys.