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Determinants of self-rated health among shanghai elders: a cross-sectional study
- Source :
- BMC Public Health, BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background As the most populous nation in the world, China has now becoming an emerging ageing society. Shanghai is the first city facing the challenge of ageing demographics. Against this background, a study that employs self-rated health (SRH) assessment system was designed to explore the health status of Shanghai elders, and learn their attitudes toward health issues; as well as to investigate the determinants of SRH among Shanghai elders. Understanding SRH is crucial for finding appropriate solutions that could effectively tackle the increasing eldercare demand. Methods This study adopted a quantitative research strategy. Using a multistage stratified cluster sampling method, we conducted a questionnaire survey in August 2011 in Shanghai, which collected 2001 valid survey responses. SRH assessments were categorized by five levels: very good, fairly good, average, fairly poor, or poor. The respondents’ functional status was evaluated using the Barthel index of activities for daily living. In the data analysis, we used chi-squared test to determine differences in socio-demographic characteristics among various groups. Along with statistics, several logistic regression models were designed to determine the associations between internal influence factors and SRH. Results Younger age (χ2 = 27.5, p
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
China
Activities of daily living
Cross-sectional study
Health Status
education
Shanghai
Health Risk Behaviors
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Diagnostic Self Evaluation
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
Environmental health
Self-rated Health
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomic status
Self-rated health
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
030505 public health
business.industry
Elders
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
lcsh:RA1-1270
Middle Aged
Mental health
Health Surveys
Health promotion
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7a35e498f183e63c4866723a0623cd79