CAN POOR SELF-RATED HEALTH PREDICT CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) AND MORTALITY IN THE ELDERLY PEOPLE?

Doganay S., UÇKU Ş. R.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.396-402, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.396-402
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Health Status, Aged, Risk, Coronary Disease, Cause of Death, OLDER MEN, ALL-CAUSE, WOMEN, ASSOCIATION, DETERMINANTS, GENDER
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Self-rated health (SRH) has been widely used as a measure of health status. The objective of this study was to determine the predictive ability of poor self-rated health on coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in the elderly people.