The role of clinical risk factors in understanding self-rated health

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Goldman, Noreen ^a   Glei, Dana A ^b   Chang, Ming Cheng ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological Markers; Clinical Markers; Health Status; Risk Factors; Self Assessment; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN APOE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; WELLBEING;

EID: 0345528235     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00077-2     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Mossey J.M., Shapiro E. Self-rated health: a predictor of mortality among the elderly. Am J Public Health. 72:(8):1982;800-808.
2. Idler E.L., Benyamini Y. Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies. J Health Soc Behav. 38:1997;21-37.
3. Benyamini Y., Idler E.L. Community studies reporting association between self-rated health and mortality. Res Aging. 21:(3):1999;392-401.
4. Grand A., Grosclaude P., Bocquet H., Pous J., Albarede J.L. Predictive value of life events, psychological factors and self-rated health on disability in an elderly rural French population. Soc Sci Med. 27:(12):1988;1337-1342.
5. Jagger C., Spiers N.A., Clarke M. Factors associated with decline in function, institutionalization and mortality of elderly people. Age Ageing. 22:(3):1993;190-197.
6. Kaplan G.A., Strawbridge W.J., Camacho T., Cohen R.D. Factors associated with change in physical functioning in the elderly: a six-year prospective study. J of Aging and Health. 5:1993;40-53.
7. Mor V., Wilcox V., Rakowski W., Hiris J. Functional transitions among the elderly: patterns, predictors, and related hospital use. Am J Public Health. 84:(8):1994;1274-1280.
8. Haga H., Shibata H., Suyama Y., Suzuki K., Iwasaki K., Suzuki T., et al. Self-rated health as a predictor of active life in the community elderly. Japanese Journal of Epidemiology. 5:1995;11-15.
9. Idler E.L., Kasl S. Self-ratings of health: do they also predict change in functional ability? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 50:(6):1995;S344-S353.
10. Ferraro K.F., Farmer M.M., Wybraniec J.A. Health trajectories: long-term dynamics among black and white adults. J Health Soc Behav. 38:(1):1997;38-54.
11. Shadboldt B. Some correlates of self-rated health for Australian women. Am J Public Health. 87:(6):1997;951-956.
12. Møller L., Kristensen T.S., Hallnagel H. Self-rated health as a predictor of coronary heart disease in Copenhagen, Denmark. J Epidemiol Community Health. 50:(4):1996;423-428.
13. Idler E.L. Age differences in self-assessments of health: age changes, cohort differences, or survivorship? J Gerontol. 48:(6):1993;S289-S300.
14. Wolinsky F.D., Stump T.E., Johnson R.J. Hospital utilization profiles among older adults over time: consistency and volume among survivors and decedents. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 50:(2):1995;S88-S100.
15. Benyamini Y., Idler E.L., Leventhal H., Leventhal E.A. Positive affect and function as influences on self-assessments of health: expanding our view beyond illness and disability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 55:(2):2000;P107-P116.
16. Krause N.M., Jay G.M. What do global self-rated health items measure? Med Care. 32:(9):1994;930-942.
17. Carlson P. Risk behaviours and self-rated health in Russia 1998. J Epidemiol Community Health. 55:(11):2001;806-817.
18. Fylkesnes K., Førde O.H. Determinants and dimensions involved in self-evaluation of health. Soc Sci Med. 35:(3):1992;271-279.
19. Manor O., Matthews S., Power C. Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness: inter-relationships with morbidity in early adulthood. Int J Epidemiol. 30:(3):2001;600-607.
20. Kawachi I., Kennedy B.P., Glass R. Social capital and self-rated health: a contextual analysis. Am J Public Health. 89:(8):1999;1187-1193.
21. Manderbacka K., Lahelma E., Martikainen P. Examining the continuity of self-rated health. Int J Epidemiol. 27:(2):1998;208-213.
22. Linn B.S., Linn M.W. Objective and self-assessed health in the old and very old. Soc Sci Med. 14A:(4):1980;311-315.
23. Baron-Epel O., Kaplan G. General subjective health status or age-related subjective health status: does it make a difference? Soc Sci Med. 53:(10):2001;1373-1381.
24. Bobak M., Pikhart H., Hertzman C., Rose R., Marmot M. Socioeconomic factors, perceived control and self-reported health in Russia. A cross sectional study. Soc Sci Med. 47:(2):1998;269-279.
25. Zimmer Z., Natividad J., Lin H.S., Chayovan N. A cross-national examination of the determinants of self-assessed health. J Health Soc Behav. 41:(4):2000;465-481.
26. Ostrove J.M., Adler N.E., Kupperman M., Washington A.E. Objective and subjective assessments of socioeconomic status and their relationship to self-rated health in an ethnically diverse sample of pregnant women. Health Psychol. 19:(6):2000;613-618.
27. Idler E.L., Angel R.J. Self-rated health and mortality in the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Am J Public Health. 80:(4):1990;446-452.
28. Harlow S.D., Linet M.S. Agreement between questionnaire data and medical records. The evidence for accuracy of recall. Am J Epidemiol. 129:(2):1989;233-248.
29. Martin L.M., Leff M., Calonge N., Garrett C., Nelson D.E. Validation of self-reported chronic conditions and health services in a managed care population. Am J Prev Med. 18:(3):2000;215-218.
30. Ferraro K.F., Farmer M.M. Utility of health data from social surveys: is there a gold standard for measuring morbidity? Am Sociol Rev. 64:1999;303-315.
31. Leinonen R., Heikkinen E., Jylhä M. Predictors of decline in self-assessments of health among older people - a 5-year longitudinal study. Soc Sci Med. 52:(9):2001;1329-1341.
32. Hermalin A.I., Liang J., Chang M.-C. 1989 survey of health and living status of the elderly in Taiwan: questionnaire and survey design. Comparative study of the elderly in Asia research report 89-1. 1989;PSC Publications, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
33. Goldman N., Lin I.F., Weinstein M., Lin Y.H. Evaluating the quality of self-reports of hypertension and diabetes. 2002;Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. OPR Working Paper 2002-03.
34. Seeman T.E., Singer B.H., Rowe J.W., Horwitz R.I., McEwen B.S. Price of adaptation-allostatic load and its health consequences. MacArthur studies of successful aging. Arch Intern Med. 157:(19):1997;2259-2268.
35. Singer B., Ryff C.D. Hierarchies of life histories and associated health risks. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 896:1999;96-115.
36. Bjorntorp P. The associations between obesity, adipose tissue distribution and disease. Acta Med Scand. 723:1988;121-134.
37. Ic in diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 295:1976;417-420.
38. Dunn P.J., Cole R.A., Soeldner J.S., Gleason R.E., Kwa E., Firoozabadi H., et al. Temporal relationship of glycosylated haemoglobin concentrations to glucose control in diabetics. Diabetologia. 17:1979;213-220.
39. Davidson M., Schriger D., Peters A., Lorber B. Relationship between fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin. Potential for false-positive diagnoses of type 2 diabetes using new diagnostic criteria. JAMA. 281:1999;1203-1210.
40. Goodyer I.M., Herbert J., Altham P.M. Adrenal steroid secretion and major depression in 8- to 16-year olds, III. Influence of cortisol/DHEA ratio at presentation on subsequent rates of disappointing life events and persistent major depression. Psychol Med. 28:(2):1998;265-273.
41. Lupien S.J., Nair N.P., Briere S., Maheu F., Tu M.T., Lemay M., et al. Increased cortisol levels and impaired cognition in human aging: implication for depression and dementia in later life. Rev Neurosci. 10:(2):1999;117-139.
42. Vanitallie T.B. Stress: a risk factor for serious illness. Metabolism. 51:(6 suppl. 1):2002;40-45.
43. Ewbank D. The genetic make-up of population and its implications for mortality by cause of death: links between Alzheimer's and ischaemic heart disease. Health and Mortality: Issues of Global Concern. 1999;344-356 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, New York.
44. Boey K.W. Cross-validation of a short form of the CES-D in Chinese elderly. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 14:(8):1999;608-617.
45. Rouch-Leroyer I., Sourgen C., Barberger-Gateau P., Fuhrer R., Dartigues J.F. Detection of depressive symptomatology in elderly people: a short version of the CES-D scale. Aging (Milano). 12:(3):2000;228-233.
46. Turvey C.L., Wallace R.B., Herzog R. A revised CES-D measure of depressive symptoms and a DSM-based measure of major depressive episodes in the elderly. Int Psychogeriatr. 11:(2):1999;139-148.
47. Radloff L.S. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psych Meas. 1:1977;385-401.
48. Adler N.E., Epel E.S., Castellazzo G., Ickovics J.R. Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: preliminary data in healthy white women. Health Psychol. 19:(6):2000;586-592.
49. Goodman E., Adler N.E., Kawachi I., Frazier A.L., Huang B., Colditz G.A. Adolescents' perceptions of social status: development and evaluation of a new indicator. Pediatrics. 108:(2):2001;E31. (1-8).
50. StataCorp. Stata Statistical Software: Release 7.0, Reference H-P. 2001;Stata Corportation, College Station, TX. 469-473.
51. Allison D.B., Faith M.S., Hao M., Koler D.P. Hypothesis concerning the U-shaped relation between body mass index and mortality. Am J Epidemiol. 146:(4):1997;339-349.
52. Lee I.M., Manson J.E., Hennekens C.H., Paffenbarger R.S. Jr. Body weight and mortality. A 27-year follow-up of middle-aged men. JAMA. 270:(23):1993;2823-2828.
53. Weiner H. Perturbing the organism: the biology of stressful experience. 1992;The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
54. Christensen N.J., Jensen E.W. Sympathoadrenal activity and psychosocial stress. The significance of aging, long-term smoking, and stress models. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 771:1995;640-647.
55. Gjerris A., Rafaelsen O.J., Christensen N.J. CSF-adrenaline - low in somatizing depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 75:(5):1987;516-520.
56. Schmidt S., Barcellos L.F., DeSombre K., Rimmler J.B., Lincoln R.R., Bucher P., et al. Association of polymorphisms in the apolipoprotein E region with susceptibility to and progression of multiple sclerosis. Am J Hum Genet. 70:(3):2002;708-717.
57. Kroboth P.D., Salek F.S., Pittenger A.L., Fabian T.J., Frye R.F. DHEA and DHEA-S: A review. J Clin Pharmacol. 39:1999;327-348.