Seventeen-year time trend in poor self-rated health in older adults: changing contributions of chronic diseases and disability | Zendy

Henrike Galenkamp | Zendy; Arjan W. Braam | Zendy; Martijn Huisman | Zendy; Dorly J. H. Deeg | Zendy

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Seventeen-year time trend in poor self-rated health in older adults: changing contributions of chronic diseases and disability

Author(s) -

Henrike Galenkamp,

Arjan W. Braam,

Martijn Huisman,

Dorly J. H. Deeg

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks031

Subject(s) - medicine , self rated health , gee , disease , gerontology , context (archaeology) , chronic disease , demography , generalized estimating equation , family medicine , pathology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology

Studies on trends in the self-rated health (SRH) of older people have shown conflicting results, which might partly be explained by changing associations between SRH and indicators of other health dimensions over time. Therefore, this study investigates 17-year time trends in older adults' poor SRH, in the context of trends in chronic diseases and disability, between 1992 and 2009.

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