CAN POOR SELF-RATED HEALTH PREDICT CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) AND MORTALITY IN THE ELDERLY PEOPLE?
TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.396-402, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- 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
- 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.