The Perceived Health Status from Young Adults to Elderly: Results of the MEHM Questionnaire within the CUORE Project Survey 2008–2012
| Autor: | Simona Giampaoli, Laura Iannucci, Furio Colivicchi, Graziano Onder, C. Donfrancesco, Claudia Giacomozzi, Lidia Gargiulo, Anna Di Lonardo, Cinzia Lo Noce, Serena Vannucchi, Luigi Palmieri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Health Status Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health Behavior Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine Healthy Life Years Context (language use) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Article Perceived health Healthy Aging 03 medical and health sciences Health examination 0302 clinical medicine perceived health status prevention Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Aged health examination survey business.industry lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Middle Aged Health Surveys health behaviors Italy Educational Status Marital status Female business Attitude to Health Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 17 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 6160, p 6160 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17176160 |
| Popis: | Improving healthy life years requires an effective understanding and management of the process of healthy ageing. Assessing the perceived health status and its determinants is a relevant step in this process. This study explored the potentialities of the Minimum European Health Module (MEHM) to cope with this critical issue. Investigation was conducted on 4798 Italian residents (49.7% women, aged 35&ndash 79 years), participating in the CUORE Project Health Examination Survey 2008&ndash 2012. The three MEHM questions&mdash perceived health status, chronic morbidity and activity limitations&mdash were examined also in association with living context, seasonality, marital status and level of education. A higher prevalence of health status negative perception was associated with older age (9% and 24% respectively in men and women aged 35&ndash 44 years 46% and 61% respectively in men and women aged 75&ndash 79 years). In women, this negative perception was higher than in men in any age group, and reached 50% in the 65&ndash 69 age group, 10 years earlier than in men. For both sexes, the level of education had a strong impact on this negative perception (odds ratio 2.32 and 2.72 in men and women respectively), while &ldquo living alone&rdquo played a greater impact in women than in men. MEHM activity limitations subscale was as much as 30% higher for questionnaires answered during the hottest months. This study identified potential predictors of perceived health status in adults aged 35&ndash 79 years, which can be used to target interventions aimed at improving self-perceived health status. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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