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Changes in self-assessment of health
— comparison of self-perception and self-ratings score measures among young-old persons | | Author(s) | Namkee G Choi |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 37, no 1, 2002 |
| Pages | 65-88 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Young elderly ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Attitude ; Measurement ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Most geriatric screening instruments include the self-ratings of health scale as a useful collateral source of information on older people's health status and their need for social and health services. The author reviews extant research findings on subjective assessment of health and then compares the congruence and discrepancy between the commonly used self-ratings scale and the less frequently used self-perception scale as measures of longitudinal stability or changes in health status in the young old. Analysis of data from the 1992 and 1994 waves of the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - of people aged 51-61 - shows that the restricted range of the self-rating scale poses a limitation when the scale is used to measure changes in health status over time. It was also found that the self-ratings scale may reflect a more horizontal, social comparison dimension, and that the self-perception measure may reflect a more vertical, temporal comparison dimension in subjective assessment of longitudinal changes in health. Social workers need to be a aware of the strengths and limitations of both measures when they use them. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021126206 A |
| Classmark | BBA: CC: CA: DP: 3R: 3J: 7T |
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