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Self-rated health and mortality in Chinese institutional elderly persons
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It is concluded that only the global health rating has direct predictive power for mortality in institutionalized elderly people.About:
This article is published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.The article was published on 1997-10-01. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-rated health & Public health.read more
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Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countries.
Hynek Pikhart,Martin Bobak,Johannes Siegrist,Andrzej Pajak,S Rywik,J Kyshegyi,A Gostautas,Zdenka Škodová,Michael Marmot +8 more
TL;DR: The continuous measure of effort/reward imbalance at work was a powerful determinant of self rated health in these post-communist populations and suggests that the effect of the psychosocial work environment is not confined to Western populations.
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Does social participation by the elderly reduce mortality and cognitive impairment
TL;DR: Participating in some types of social activities may reduce mortality or cognitive function impairment in the elderly, however, different activities, gender roles and uneven opportunities for work and social group participation may affect the risk of these endpoints.
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Association between polypharmacy and death: A systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Pooled risk estimates from this meta-analysis reveal that polypharmacy is associated with increased mortality risk, using both discrete and categorical definitions.
Comparative analyses of more than 50 household surveys on health status
TL;DR: Despite efforts to improve the comparability of existing household interview data on non-fatal health, the paper concludes that the valid comparison of existing data from household interview surveys across countries is limited.
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Socio-demographic determinants of self-rated health in Brazil
Célia Landmann Szwarcwald,Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza-Júnior,Maria Angela Pires Esteves,Giseli Nogueira Damacena,Francisco Viacava +4 more
TL;DR: The socio-demographic determinants of good self-rated health are analyzed using data from the World Health Survey, adapted and carried out in Brazil in 2003, and the results showed pronounced socioeconomic inequalities.
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“Mini-mental state”: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician
Marshal F. Folstein,Marshal F. Folstein,Susan E B Folstein,Susan E B Folstein,Paul R. McHugh,Paul R. McHugh +5 more
TL;DR: A simplified, scored form of the cognitive mental status examination, the “Mini-Mental State” (MMS) which includes eleven questions, requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician
TL;DR: The Mini-Mental State (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a simplified version of the standard WAIS with eleven questions and requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
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The Sickness Impact Profile: development and final revision of a health status measure.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), a behaviorally based measure of health status, and evaluated its reliability and validity using multitrait-multimethod technique.
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Self-rated health: a predictor of mortality among the elderly.
J M Mossey,E Shapiro +1 more
TL;DR: Empirical support is provided for the long held, but inadequately substantiated, belief that the way a person views his health is importantly related to subsequent health outcomes.
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Perceived health and mortality: a nine-year follow-up of the human population laboratory cohort
TL;DR: The association between perceived health ratings ("excellent," "good," "fair," and "poor") and mortality was assessed using the 1965 Human Population Laboratory survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, California, and a subsequent nine-year follow-up.
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