Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health in Armenia: A population-based study of an economy in transition

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Demirchyan, Anahit ^a   Petrosyan, Varduhi ^a   Thompson, Michael E ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; Depression; Poverty; Psychosocial pathways; Self rated health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARMENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ARMENIA [WEST ASIA];

EID: 84868707255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-67     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Perceived health status and morbidity and mortality: evidence from the Kuopio Ischaemic heart disease risk factor study. Kaplan GA, Goldberg DE, Everson SA, Cohen RD, Salonen R, Tuomilehto J, Salonen J, Int J Epidemiol 1996 25 2 259 265 10.1093/ije/25.2.259 9119550 (Pubitemid 26137105)
2. Social variation in self-rated health in Estonia: a cross-sectional study. Leinsalu M, Soc Sci Med 2002 55 5 847 861 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00221-0 12190275 (Pubitemid 34754297)
3. Examining the continuity of self-rated health. Manderbacka K, Lahelma E, Martikainen P, Int J Epidemiol 1998 27 2 208 213 10.1093/ije/27.2.208 9602400 (Pubitemid 28203786)
4. Self-rated versus objective health indicators as predictors of major cardiovascular events: The NHLBI-sponsored women's ischemia syndrome evaluation. Rutledge T, Linke SE, Johnson D, Bittner V, Krantz D, Whittaker KS, Eastwood J-A, Etebia W, Cornell CE, Pepine CJ, et al. Psychosom Med 2010 72 6 549 555 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181dc0259 20410246
5. The predictors of self-rated health and the relationship between self-rated health and health service needs are similar across socioeconomic groups in Canada. Smith PM, Glazier RH, Sybley LM, J Clin Epidemiol 2010 63 4 412 421 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.015 19926448
6. Self-reported health and adult mortality risk: An analysis of cause-specific mortality. Benjamins MR, Hummer RA, Eberstein IW, Nam CB, Soc Sci Med 2004 59 6 1297 1306 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.01.001 15210100 (Pubitemid 38759887)
7. Prognostic importance and long-term determinants of self-rated health after initial acute miocardial infarction. Gerber Y, Benjamini Y, Goldbourt U, Drory Y, Med Care 2009 47 3 342 349 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181894270 19194331
8. Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies. Idler EL, Benyamini Y, J Health Soc Behav 1997 38 1 21 37 10.2307/2955359 9097506 (Pubitemid 127454450)
9. Self-rated health and life prognosis. Kawada T, Arch Med Res 2003 34 4 343 347 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00052-3 12957533 (Pubitemid 37075847)
10. Patient-reported outcomes as predictors of 10-year survival in women after acute myocardial infarction. Norekvål TM, Fridlund B, Rokne B, Segadal L, Wentzel-Larsen T, Nordrehaug JE, Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010 8 140 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/140
11. Does the predictive power of self-rated health for subsequent mortality risk vary by socioeconomic status in the US? Dowd JB, Zajacova A, Int J Epidemiol 2007 36 6 1214 1221 10.1093/ije/dym214 17971388 (Pubitemid 350238984)
12. The association between self-rated health and mortality in different socioeconomic groups in the GAZEL cohort study. Singh-Manoux A, Dugravot A, Shipley MJ, Ferrie JE, Martikainen P, Goldberg M, Zins M, Int J Epidemiol 2007 36 6 1222 1228 10.1093/ije/dym170 18025034 (Pubitemid 350238985)
13. What is self-rated health and why does it predict mortality? Towards a unified conceptual model. Jylhä M, Soc Sci Med 2009 69 3 307 316 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.013 19520474
14. Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: a systematic literature review. Stuck AE, Walthert JM, Nikolaus T, Büla CJ, Hohmann C, Beck JC, Soc Sci Med 1999 48 4 445 469 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00370-0 10075171 (Pubitemid 29023277)
15. Editorial: Why does self-rated health predict mortality? An update on current knowledge and research agenda for psychologists. Benyamini Y, Psychol Health 2011 26 11 1407 1413 10.1080/08870446.2011.621703 22111660
16. Cardiovascular disease risk assessment in older women: can we improve on Framingham? British Women's Heart and Health prospective cohort study. May M, Lawlor DA, Brindle P, Patel R, Ebrahim S, Heart 2006 92 10 1396 1401 10.1136/hrt.2005.085381 16547204 (Pubitemid 44578825)
17. Reliability of perceived health by sex and age. Martikainen P, Aromaa A, Heliövaara M, Klaukka T, Knekt P, Maatela J, Lahelma E, Soc Sci Med 1999 48 8 1117 1122 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00416-X 10390049 (Pubitemid 29147333)
18. de Bruin A, Picavet HSJ, Nossikov A, Health interview surveys: Towards international harmonization of methods and instruments WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Statistics Netherlands 1996
19. Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health: cross-sectional data from seven post-communist countries. Bobak M, Pikhart H, Rose R, Hertzman C, Marmot M, Soc Sci Med 2000 51 9 1343 1350 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00096-4 11037221 (Pubitemid 30412037)
20. Determinants of and inequalities in self-perceived health in Ukraine. Gilmore ABC, McKee M, Rose R, Soc Sci Med 2002 55 12 2177 2188 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00361-6 12409131 (Pubitemid 36158951)
21. Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland: findings from the National Survey on Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition, SLAN. Kelleher CC, Friel S, Gabhainn SN, Tay JB, Soc Sci Med 2003 57 3 477 486 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00371-4 12791490 (Pubitemid 36677508)
22. Socioeconomic conditions, lifestyle factors, and self-rated health among men and women in Sweden. Molarius A, Berglund K, Eriksson C, Lambe M, Nordström E, Eriksson HG, Feldman I, Eur J Public Health 2007 17 2 125 133 10.1093/eurpub/ckl070 16751631 (Pubitemid 46536723)
23. Predictors of self-rated health status among Texas residents. Phillips LJ, Hammock RL, Blanton JM, Prev Chronic Dis 2005 2 4 http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/ issues/2005/oct/2004-0147.htm
24. A prospective study of health, life-style and psychosocial predictors of self-rated health. Svedberg P, Bardage C, Sandin S, Pedersen NL, Eur J Epidemiol 2006 21 767 776 10.1007/s10654-006-9064-3 17106761 (Pubitemid 44885197)
25. Emotional support, education and self-rated health in 22 European countries. von dem Knesebeck O, Geyer S, BMC Public Health 2007 7 272 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/1477/1272
26. Measuring and decomposing inequality in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand. Yiengprugsawan V, Lim LLY, Carmichael GA, Sidorenko A, Sleigh AC, Int J Equity in Health 2007 6 23 http://www. equityhealthj.com/content/6/1/23
27. Psychological and material pathways in the relation between income and health: a response to Lynch et al. Marmot M, Wilkinson RG, BMJ 2001 322 7296 1233 1236 10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1233 11358781 (Pubitemid 32453076)
28. Socioeconomic factors, perceived control and self-reported health in Russia. A cross-sectional survey. Bobak M, Pikhart H, Hertzman C, Rose R, Marmot M, Soc Sci Med 1998 47 2 269 279 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00095-1 9720645 (Pubitemid 28297263)
29. The sociodemographic patterning of health in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Helasoja V, Lahelma E, Prättälä R, Kasmel A, Klumbiene J, Pudule I, Eur J Public Health 2006 16 1 8 20 16446299 (Pubitemid 43214347)
30. Psychosocial risk factors, inequality and self-rated morbidity in a changing society. Kopp MS, Skrabski A, Szedmak S, Soc Sci Med 2000 51 9 1351 1361 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00097-6 11037222 (Pubitemid 30412038)
31. International comparators and poverty and health in Europe. Marmot M, Bobak M, BMJ 2000 321 7269 1124 1128 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1124 11061736
32. Women's health status in Poland in the transition to a market economy. Wrblewska W, Soc Sci Med 2002 54 5 707 726 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00104-6 11999488 (Pubitemid 34158693)
33. National Statistical Service, Statistical Yearbook of Armenia Yerevan 2001-2010 http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=45
34. The Armenian healthcare system: recent changes and challenges. Torosyan A, Romaniuk P, Krajewski-Siuda K, J Public Health 2008 16 3 183 190 10.1007/s10389-007-0160-y
35. Determinants of self-rated health in women: a population-based study in Armavir marz, Armenia, 2001 & 2004. Demirchyan A, Thompson ME, Int J Equity in Health 2008 7 25 http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/7/1/25
36. Republican Information-analytical Center of the Ministry of Health, Statistical Collection. Health and health care: Armenia Armenia: Ministry of Health of RA, Yerevan 2002
37. National Statistical Service, Statistical Yearbook of Armenia Yerevan 2011 http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=45&year=2011
38. Income inequality, mortality, and self rated health: meta-analysis of multilevel studies. Kondo N, Sembajwe G, Kawachi I, van Dam RM, Subramanian SV, Yamagata Z, BMJ 2009 339 4471 10.1136/bmj.b4471 19903981
39. National Household Health Survey 2006, Baseline Evaluation. Demirchyan A, Harutyunyan T, Petrosyan V, Thompson ME, American University of Armenia Center for Health Services Research and Development & USAID/Primary Health Care Reform Project Yerevan 2008 http://auachsr.com/page.php?page-id=105 22612299
40. Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S, Applied logistic regression New York: A Wiley-Interscience Publication 2 2000
41. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Radloff LS, Appl Psychological Measurement 1977 1 3 385 401 10.1177/014662167700100306
42. Psychometric value of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale for screening of depressive symptoms in Armenian population. Demirchyan A, Petrosyan V, Thompson ME, J Affect Disord 2011 133 3 489 498 10.1016/j.jad.2011.04.042 21601288
43. Social class and self-reported health status among men and women: what is the role of work organization, household material standards and household labor? Borrell C, Muntaner C, Benach J, Artazcoz L, Soc Sci Med 2004 58 10 1869 1887 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00408-8 15020005 (Pubitemid 38326968)
44. The importance of assessing the fit of logistic regression models: a case study. Hosmer DW, Taber S, Lemeshow S, Am J Public Health 1991 81 12 1630 1635 10.2105/AJPH.81.12.1630 1746660
45. Problems of correlations between explanatory variables in multiple regression analyses in the dental literature. Tu Y-K, Kellett M, Clerehugh V, Gilthorpe MS, Br Dent J 2005 199 7 457 461 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812743 16215581 (Pubitemid 43093360)
46. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries. Kunst AE, Bos V, Lahelma E, Bartley M, Lissau I, Regidor E, Mielck A, Cardano M, Dalstra JAA, Geurts JJM, et al. Int J Epidemiol 2005 34 2 295 305 10.1093/ije/dyh342 15563586 (Pubitemid 40645315)
47. Self-rated health: Inequalities and potential determinants. Alexopoulos EC, Geitona M, Int J Environ Res Public Health 2009 6 9 2456 2469 10.3390/ijerph6092456 19826556
48. Determinants of self rated health and mortality in Russia-are they the same? Perlman F, Bobak M, Int J Equity in Health 2008 7 19 http://www. equityhealthj.com/content/7/1/19
49. Can financial insecurity and condescending treatment explain the higher prevalence of poor self-rated health in women than in men? A population-based cross-sectional study in Sweden. Molarius A, Granstrom F, Feldman I, Blomqvist MK, Pettersson H, Elo S, Int J Equity in Health 2012 11 50 http://www. equityhealthj.com/content/11/11/50
50. Gender differences in health: evidence from the Czech Republic. Hraba J, Lorenz F, Lee G, Pechačova Z, Soc Sci Med 1996 43 10 1443 1451 10.1016/0277-9536(96)00037-8 8923616 (Pubitemid 26363035)
51. Social inequalities in health: are there gender differences? Matthews S, Manor O, Power C, Soc Sci Med 1999 48 1 49 60 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00288-3 10048837 (Pubitemid 29023240)
52. The relations between symptoms, somatic and psychiatric conditions, life satisfaction and perceived health. A primary care based study. Al-Windi A, Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005 3 28 http://www.hglo.com/content/3/1/28
53. Social relations and self-reported health: a prospective analysis of the French Gazel cohort. Melchior M, Berkman LF, Niedhammer I, Chea M, Goldberg M, Soc Sci Med 2003 56 8 1817 1830 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00181-8 12639598 (Pubitemid 36299246)
54. Predictors of self-rated health: a 12-month prospective study of IT and media workers. Hasson D, Arnetz BB, Theorell T, Anderberg UM, Popul Health Metrics 2006 4 8 http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/4/1/8
55. Comparison of the effects of low childhood socioeconomic position and low adulthood socioeconomic position on self-rated health in four European studies. Hyde M, Jakub H, Melchior M, Van Oort F, Weyers S, J Epidemiol Community Health 2006 60 10 882 886 10.1136/jech.2005.043083 16973536 (Pubitemid 44482808)
56. How much does social capital add to individual health? A survey study of Russians. Rose R, Soc Sci Med 2000 51 9 1421 1435 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00106-4 11037227 (Pubitemid 30412043)
57. Investigating explanations of socio-economic inequalities in health: the Dutch GLOBE study. van Lenthe FJ, Schrijvers CTM, Droomers M, Joung IMA, Louwman MJ, Mackenbach JP, Eur J Public Health 2004 14 1 63 70 10.1093/eurpub/14.1.63 15080394 (Pubitemid 38523664)
58. Types of social capital resources and self-rated health among the Norwegian adult population. Gele AA, Harslof I, Int J Equity in Health 2010 9 8 http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/9/1/8
59. From social integration of health: Durkheim in the new millenium. Berkman LF, Glass T, Brissette I, Seeman T, Soc Sci Med 2000 51 6 843 857 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00065-4 10972429 (Pubitemid 30326785)
60. International variation in socioeconomic inequalities in self reported health. Kunst AE, Geurts JJM, van den Berg J, J Epidemiol Community Health 1995 49 2 117 123 10.1136/jech.49.2.117 7798037
61. Social patterning of ill health in Helsinki and Moscow. Palosuo H, Uutela A, Zhuravleva I, Lakomova N, Soc Sci Med 1998 46 9 1121 1136 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10043-0 9572603 (Pubitemid 28149530)
62. Gender differences in the relationship between housing, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status. Dunn JR, Walker JD, Graham J, Weiss CB, Rev Environ Health 2004 19 3-4 177 195 15742670 (Pubitemid 40178797)
63. Housing and inequalities in health: a study of socioeconomic dimensions of housing and self reported health from a survey of Vancouver residents. Dunn JR, J Epidemiol Community Health 2002 56 9 671 681 10.1136/jech.56.9.671 12177083
64. Excess mortality of unemployed men and women during a period of rapidly increasing unemployment. Martikainen PT, Valkonen T, Lancet 1996 348 9032 909 912 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03291-6 8843808 (Pubitemid 26333846)
65. A longitudinal study of the effects of tobacco smoking and other modifiable risk factors on ill health in middle-aged and old Americans: Results from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old Survey. Østbye T, Taylor DH, Jung S-H, Prev Med 2002 34 3 334 345 10.1006/pmed.2001.0991 11902850 (Pubitemid 34969592)
66. Socioeconomic disparities in health change in a longitudinal study of US adults: the role of health-risk behaviors. Lantz PM, Lynch JW, House JS, Lepkowski JM, Mero RP, Musick MA, Williams DR, Soc Sci Med 2001 53 1 29 40 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00319-1 11380160 (Pubitemid 32457956)
67. Social class and self-rated health: can the gradient be explained by differences in life style or work environment? Borg V, Kristensen TS, Soc Sci Med 2000 51 7 1019 1030 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00011-3 11005390 (Pubitemid 30336438)
68. Societal characteristics and health in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: a multilevel analysis. Bobak M, Murphy M, Rose R, Marmot M, J Epidemiol Community Health 2007 61 11 990 996 10.1136/jech.2006.052134 17933958 (Pubitemid 350032596)
69. Post-Communis Health Transitions in Central and eastern Europe. Safaei J, Econ Res Int 2012 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/econ/2012/137412/