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| Subjective health and mortality in French elderly women and men | | Author(s) | Catherine Helmer, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Luc Letenneur |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 2, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp S84-S92 |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Older women ; Death ; Mental health [elderly] ; Depression ; Physical disabilities ; Social surveys ; France. |
| Annotation | Subjective health can be defined as the individual's perception and evaluation of his or her overall health. It is a particularly useful indicator when considering older people, given the relevance of quality of life. The present study's objective is to examine the effects of subjective health on mortality according to sex in a French, community-based, elderly sample, and to explain the differences between men and women by way of depression, cognition, and disability. The PAQUID (Personnes Agées QUID) cohort is a representative sample of 3,660 non-demented older community residents aged 65 and over living in Gironde and Dordogne départements. The relationship between subjective health and 5-year mortality was studied using the Cox model with delayed entry. In men, subjective health was a predictor of mortality, independent of sociodemographic characteristics, physical health status, depression, cognitive function, and disability, particularly in the middle range of subjective health. In women, the relationship between subjective health and mortality was explained by physical health status and disability. To understand these sex differences, the pathways from healthy life to dependency and death should be explored further. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990430009 A |
| Classmark | BB: BD: CW: D: ENR: BN: 3F: 765 |
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