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Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the Pró-Saúde cohort study.
Nery Guimarães, Joanna Miguez; Chor, Dóra; Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro; Carvalho, Marilia Sá; Coeli, Claudia Medina; Lopes, Claudia S; Faerstein, Eduardo.
Afiliação
  • Nery Guimarães JM; Department of Epidemiology, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, R Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21041-210, Brazil. joannaguimaraes@hotmail.com
BMC Public Health ; 12: 676, 2012 Aug 20.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22905737
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The association between self-rated health (SRH) and mortality is well documented in the literature, but studies on the subject among young adults in Latin America are rare, as are those evaluating this association using repeated SRH measures, beyond the baseline measurement. This study aims to evaluate the association between SRH evaluated at three data collection stages and mortality.

METHODS:

Cox regression models were used to examine the association between SRH (Very good, Good, Fair/Poor) varying over time and mortality, over a 10 year period, in a cohort of non-faculty civil servants at a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Pró-Saúde Study, n = 4009, men = 44.4%).

RESULTS:

About 40% of the population changed their self-rating over the course of follow-up. After adjustment for self-reported physician-diagnosed chronic diseases and other covariates, men who reported "Fair/Poor" SRH showed relative hazard of death of 2.13 (CI95% 1.03-4.40) and women, 3.43 (CI95% 1.23-9.59), as compared with those who reported "Very good" SRH.

CONCLUSIONS:

In a population of young adults, our findings reinforce the role of SRH as a predictor of mortality, even controlling for objective measures of health.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Nível de Saúde / Mortalidade / Autoavaliação Diagnóstica Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Nível de Saúde / Mortalidade / Autoavaliação Diagnóstica Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil