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Self-Assessment of Health: A Longitudinal Study of Elderly Subjects.
- Source :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior; Mar1973, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p87-93, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 1973
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Abstract
- <em>Fifteen years after 270 persons 60 years of age and over were first studied in a multidisciplinary longitudinal study of aging, 83 panelists were available for a sixth observation. In an investigation of the relationship between self and physicians' assessment of general health status the following was demonstrated: (1) There is a persistent, positive congruence of the two types of health ratings. (2) Whenever there is incongruity the tendency is for the individual to overestimate his health. (3) There is a substantial stability of both types of ratings through time. (4) The self health rating tends to be a better predictor of future physicians' ratings than the reverse. (5) Self-ratings of health have utility as a measure of health in survey research when objective measures are not feasible</em>. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGING
HEALTH status indicators
LONGITUDINAL method
HEALTH
PHYSICIANS
SURVEYS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221465
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12545408
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2136940