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A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine associated factors to self-rated health of Afro- Colombian migrants from Choco to Medellin, Colombia. It applied a telephonic survey to 392 Afro- Colombian migrants from Choco to Medellin and calculated PR with IC95% to explore the relationship between social, demographic, and self-rated health. The multivariant technique was a lineal generalized model to categoric dependent variables, reporting PR with IC95%. The results show that the prevalence of bad self-rated health is significant in those who need health attention in the last six months (PR=4.31; IC95%=2,68-6,91) and lower educational level (PR=2,05; IC95%=1,32-3,18). In conclusion, having less education and needing health attention in the last six months are related to bad self-rated health in Afro- Colombian migrants from Choco to Medellin.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study assessed the effect of variables such as life satisfaction, self-rated health, social support and coping styles on subjective well-being. The level of subjective well-being was studied in a sample of Mexican elderly persons from the state of Yucatan in Merida (n = 122) with an age range of 60-93 years. The results in women show that coping styles predicts subjective well-being in negative affects. Moreover, self-perception of health, coping styles, and satisfaction with life are adequate predictors of the cognitive dimension of subjective well-being. Results in men show that satisfaction with life and coping styles predict the cognitive dimension of subjective well-being. Findings point to the importance of exploring psychosocial variables in older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction and objective: A higher adherence to Mediterranean diet is considered as a protective factor against the large number of deaths attributable to the main chronic degenerative diseases in developed countries. Self-rated health is established as a good indicator of population health status and as a predictor of mortality. Studies exploring the relationship between the adherence to Mediterranean diet and self-rated health are scarce, especially, in young adults. Our aim was to explore the factors related, specially the adherence to a priori-defined Mediterranean diet with self-rated health in a cohort of Spanish university students. Methods: We analyzed data from 1110 participants of Spanish DiSA-UMH (Dieta, Salud y Antropometría en universitarios de la Universidad Miguel Hernández) study. Diet was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire and the adherence to Mediterranean diet was calculated using the relative Mediterranean Diet Score (rMED; score range: 0-18) according to the consumption of 9 dietary components. Self-rated health was gathered from the question: “In general, how do you consider your health to be? (Excellent, good, fair, poor, very poor).Information on sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics was also collected. Multinomial logistic regression(using relative risk ratio, RRR) was used to analyze the association between the adherence to Mediterranean diet(low rMED: 0-6 points; medium: 7-10 points; high: 11-18points) and self-rated health (Excellent (reference), good and fair/ poor/very poor).Results: A low, medium or high adherence to Mediterranean diet conformed to 26.8%, 58.7% and 14.4%of participants, which of them reported an excellent(23.1%), good (65.1%) and fair/poor or very poor health, respectively. In multivariate analysis, a lower adherence to Mediterranean diet was significantly (p<0.05) associated with a poorer self-rated health. Compared to a low adherence to Mediterranean diet (low rMED), a medium adherence was related to a lower risk of good (RRR= 0.81; 95% Cl: 0.67-0.97) or fair/poor or very poor (RRR= 0.70; 0.58-0.85); the highest adherence (high rMED) was associated with a lower risk of good(RRR= 0.69; 0.61-0.79) or fair/poor or very poor (RRR=0.68; 0.65-0.72) self-rated health. Smoking, low physical activity and excess weight were associated with a poorer self-rated health (p<0.05).Conclusions: A considerable proportion of university students (one in four) has a low adherence to Mediterranean diet, which was associated significantly with a poorer self-rated health. Other potential modifiable factors as smoking, low physical activity and excess weight were also associated with a poorer self-rated health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work studies the influence of Dispositional Optimism and the “Big Five" personality factors on older peoples' self-rated health and it examines optimists' and pessimists' analyses of their own health. The sample is made up of 498 older people (M = 63.3 years and SD = 8.55). The results reveal that optimists have a better perception of their health and lower levels of social dysfunction and depression. The Neuroticism factor affects to the Somatic Symptoms, Anxiety, Social Dysfunction, and Depression; and is a key factor in the relation established between Dispositional Optimism and the subscale of Depression. However, Optimism only directly affects the subscale Social Dysfunction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Understanding the factors that affect medical service use is a relevant task with a view to providing improved health services. The goal of the present study was to analyze the effect of selfrated health and trait anxiety in the prediction of the general prevalence of visits to a doctor and of frequent attenders (FAs) in a sample of Spanish population. The participants, 1001 adults randomly selected from Spanish population, reported the number of visits to primary care and specialized attention services during the past year. The general prevalence of visits was 70.7%, with a mean of 4.11 visits per year. Good self-rated health was associated with a lower prevalence of visits, whereas participants with high trait anxiety were 2.26 times as likely to use health services. With regard to FAs, worse self-rated health and high trait anxiety were significant predictors of visits to a doctor, even after controlling for the effect of diverse sociodemographic variables. Our results add evidence of the significance of psychological variables when accounting for the use of medical services and reveal the importance of attending to the psychological needs of users who frequently visit a doctor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To evaluate self-rated health (SRH) in climacteric women and to identify the factors associated with negative SRH. Material and Methods. Information from 9 248 women aged 40 to 59 years was analyzed. SRH was the dependent variable. Independent variables were demographic characteristics, history of reproductive and chronic diseases, physical activity, and participation in screening and health education programs. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and logistic regression modeling. Results. Forty-two percent of women reported positive SRH and 58% reported negative SRH. Factors associated with negative SRH were: low literacy level (OR 1.78, CI95% 1.62-1.95), unemployment (OR 1.20, CI95% 1.09-1.33), menopause (OR 1.22, CI95% 1.11-1.33), type 2 diabetes (OR 1.88, CI95% 1.65-2.13) hypertension (OR 2.01, CI95% 1.82-2.22), irregular physical exercise (OR 1.30, CI95% 1.12- 1.50), sedentarism (OR 1.395, CI95% 1.23-1.57), lack of information about climacteric (OR 1.17, CI95% 1.07-1.28) and lack of screening for chronic diseases (OR 0.82, CI95% 0.75-0.89). Conclusion. Factors associated with negative SRH such as lack of information and physical activity should be strengthened. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the interest on the factors related to the perception of health is growing, the present ex post facto study analyzes the relationship between the self-perception of health and different indicators which can influence it. The relationship between the self-assessment of health of the Spanish population by means of the National Health Survey answered by the sample of 41,923 subjects from the whole country and the indicators of the mortality sorted by causes, hospital morbility, labour accidents and the intake of medicines, was analyzed. The results of the regression analysis show that none of the indicators is significant in prediction of the perception of health of the individuals. Thus, it is possible that this relationship is mediated by different type of variables as personality characteristics or sociodemographic aspects, this means that self-perceived health status is not an approppiate indicator in order to establish health policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]