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| The relationship between self-rated health and health status among coronary artery patients | | Author(s) | Hayden B Bosworth, Ilene C Siegler, Beverly H Brummett |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 11, no 4, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 565-584 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Heart disease ; Attitude ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The sample for this study comprised 2,855 individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) from Duke University Medical Center's Mediators of Social Support (MOSS) study, who had at least 75% narrowing in more than one vessel, as indicated by a cardiac catheterisation. After adjusting for socio-demographic factors, individuals who rated their health as poor or fair had significantly worse performance on all psychosocial measures, and were more likely to be female, non-white, and of lower socio-economic status than those who rated their health as being good or better. There were few differences on self-rated health SRH across various diagnostic or clinical measures of health. A single item measure of self-related health (SRH) may be useful; the generalisability of the item must be considered. In this sample of CAD patients, SRH was related more to psychosocial factors than to clinical and disease indicators. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000208222 A |
| Classmark | CC: CQH: DP: F: 49: 7T |
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