Comparing self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in a longitudinal survey: Which is more valid?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1117-1124

  Gunasekara, Fiona Imlach ^a   Carter, Kristie ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Longitudinal survey; Longitudinal validity; New Zealand; Self assessed change in health; Self rated health; Survey of family, income and employment

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84857919316     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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