Manderbacka K, Lundberg O
Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 21, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1996 Jul-Aug;23(1):47-60. doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00707-8.
The aim of the study is to assess the relative importance of comparisons with people of the same age and comparisons with the respondent's own health 1 year before the survey as two likely points of reference for ratings of health status among the elderly. Data was derived from the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (n=438) comprising those aged 77-98. On the basis of multiple regression analyses we first map the relationships between three measures of self-rated health (SRH) on the one hand and measures of ill-health and physical functioning on the other. In our main analyses it is shown that both men and women use other persons of the same age as an important point of reference when rating their own health. Our results also tend to suggest that men, in contrast to women, also refer to recent changes in their own health when giving a general health rating.
该研究的目的是评估与同龄人比较以及与调查前一年受访者自身健康状况比较这两个因素，作为老年人健康状况评级的两个可能参考点的相对重要性。数据来自瑞典最年长者生活状况面板研究（n = 438），涵盖77 - 98岁的人群。基于多元回归分析，我们首先描绘一方面自我健康评级（SRH）的三个指标与另一方面不健康和身体功能指标之间的关系。在我们的主要分析中表明，男性和女性在对自身健康进行评级时都将同龄人作为重要的参考点。我们的结果还倾向于表明，与女性相比，男性在给出总体健康评级时也会参考自身健康的近期变化。
