Shadbolt B
Epidemiology and Population Health Section, Australian Capital Territory Department of Health and Community Care, Canberra, Australia.
Am J Public Health. 1997 Jun;87(6):951-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.6.951.
This study aimed to identify some of the correlates of self-rated health for young to middle-aged Australian women.
Regression analyses were based on a 4-year longitudinal study using a random sample of Sydney women 20 to 59 years of age at baseline. Participants were interviewed in 1986/87 and 1990.
Cross-sectional relationships between self-assessed health and other health measures varied significantly by age, although physical health was a common correlate. Sixty-three percent of participants reported a similar rating of health over the 4-year period between the surveys. Changes in self-assessed health were sensitive to chronic disease. Also, participants' self-ratings of health were related to their subsequent chronic disease status.
Self-rated health reflects a complex process of internalized calculations that encompass both lived experience and knowledge of disease causes and consequences. Women seem to take into consideration a broad range of factors, including lifestyle, vitality, mental attitude, and age, and, if they have a health condition, the chronicity of their disease, duration since diagnosis, and treatment.
本研究旨在确定澳大利亚中青年女性自评健康状况的一些相关因素。
回归分析基于一项为期4年的纵向研究，该研究使用了基线时年龄在20至59岁之间的悉尼女性随机样本。参与者在1986/87年和1990年接受了访谈。
自我评估健康状况与其他健康指标之间的横断面关系因年龄而异，尽管身体健康是一个共同的相关因素。63%的参与者报告在两次调查之间的4年期间健康评级相似。自我评估健康状况的变化对慢性病敏感。此外，参与者的健康自评与他们随后的慢性病状况有关。
自评健康反映了一个复杂的内在化计算过程，其中包括生活经历以及对疾病原因和后果的了解。女性似乎会考虑广泛的因素，包括生活方式、活力、心理态度和年龄，如果她们有健康状况，还会考虑疾病的慢性程度、诊断后的持续时间和治疗情况。
