Effects of self-rated health on sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions and mortality. A population-based longitudinal study of nearly 15,000 observations among Swedish women and men
| Autor: | Thorne Wallman, Lars Wilhelmsen, Annika Rosengren, Annika Bardel, Saga Johansson, Edward Palmer, Henry Eriksson, Lennart Welin, Christina Halford, Kurt Svärdsudd |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Population Population health Diagnostic Self Evaluation Pensions Environmental health Health care medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Registries Mortality education Aged Self-rated health Aged 80 and over Sweden education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Hazard ratio Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Middle Aged Disability pension Hospitalization Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Insurance Disability Sick leave Female Sick Leave business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Simple global self-ratings of health (SRH) have become increasingly used in national and international public health monitoring, and in recent decades recommended as a standard part of health surveys. Monitoring developments in population health requires identification and use of health measures, valid in relation to targets for population health. The aim of the present study was to investigate associations between SRH and sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions, and mortality, adjusted for effects of significant covariates, in a large population-based cohort. METHODS: The analyses were based on screening data from eight population-based cohorts in southern and central Sweden, and on official register data regarding sick-leave, disability pension, hospital admissions, and death, with little or no data loss. Sampling was performed 1973--2003. The study population consisted of 11,880 women and men, age 25--99 years, providing 14,470 observations. Information on SRH, socio-demographic data, lifestyle variables and somatic and psychological symptoms were obtained from questionnaires. RESULTS: There was a significant negative association between SRH and sick leave (Beta -13.2, p |
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