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Self-rated health and its relationship to functional status and well-being in a group of elderly Guatemalan subjects.
- Source :
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Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Sep2001, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p176-182. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This study examined the association of self-rated health with physical function and emotional well-being, while controlling for differences in sex, age and anthropometry. Subjects were participants in a multicentre study originated by the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS). A total of 151 elderly Guatemalan subjects were examined using a questionnaire which included information on self-rated health, activities of daily living, well-being, and a common battery of anthropometric variables. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) obtained with polytomous logistic regression showed that subjects with the highest score on the well-being index compared with those with the lowest were 1.67 times more likely (P-value <0.001, confidence interval (C.I.) = 1.31-2.14) to rate themselves in 'good' health versus 'fair' and 'poor' health. Subjects with the highest score versus those with the lowest on the mobility index were 1.15 times more likely (P-value <0.05, (C.I.) = 1.00-1.32) to rate themselves in 'good' health versus the other health ratings. These are the first results to examine the relationship of self-rated health to physical function and emotional well-being of elderly, free-living Guatemalans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *OLDER people
*HEALTH self-care
*MENTAL health
*NUTRITION
*SOCIETIES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09647058
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5130052
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-6047.2001.00245.x