Biological health or lived health: Which predicts self-reported general health better?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bostan, Cristina ^a,b   Oberhauser, Cornelia ^c   Stucki, Gerold ^a,b   Bickenbach, Jerome ^a,b   Cieza, Alarcos ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological health; Graded Response Model; Lived health; Random Forest; Self reported general health; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 84897623961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-189     Document Type: Article

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