Self-Rated Health of the Middle-Aged Population and its Determinants

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/25:00141573 RIV/61988987:17110/25:A2603C61

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44411-025-00193-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s44411-025-00193-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Self-Rated Health of the Middle-Aged Population and its Determinants

Original language description

BackgroundThe results of epidemiological studies indicate associations between poor self-rated health (SRH) and many factors like age, education level, income, physical activity etc. The aim of this study was to analyse the associations between SRH and factors associated with socio-demographic, psychosocial, and lifestyle factors, and social support in a middle-aged adult Czech population.MethodsThe 4th period (data collection in the year 2006) of the ELSPAC (European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood) study cohort was analysed to create the baseline comparable data for the population of the recently created HAIE (Healthy Aging in Industrial Environment) cohort. SRH was defined as "good" by the scores 4-6, "poor" health by the scores 1-3 of the 6 step Likert scale (1-poor; 6-excellent) separately for women and men. The cross-sectional design was used for revealing associations between SRH a wide range of factors employing logistic regression models (crude and fully adjusted) at a 5% significance level.ResultsQuestionnaire data were obtained from 760 women and 351 men. Poor SRH was reported by 24.5% of women and 25.6% of men. In both sexes, poor SRH was significantly related with dissatisfaction with family income (OR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.12-2.72 in women, resp. OR = 2.98, 95% CI 1.32-6.76 in men) and untreated overweight (OR = 2.27, 95% CI 1.50-3.42 in women, resp. OR = 2.37, 95% CI 1.14-4.90). In addition, in women poor SRH was associated with having hobbies and interests (OR = 1.71, 95% CI 1.17-2.51), and in contrary related with positive impact of university education (OR = 0.40, 95% CI 0.23-0.71), and a great childhood (OR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.64-0.94). In men, poor SRH was associated with unhealthy diet (OR = 2.51, 95% CI 1.21-5.20). A mixture of statistically not significant associations between SRH and family status, economic activity, social support, sport activities, smoking, and alcohol consumption was found.ConclusionsSatisfaction with family income and being overweight were the most significant consequences of poor SRH in either sex. For women, university education and a great childhood had a positive impact on SRH, while having hobbies or interests worked in the opposite direction. Poor health in men was associated with unhealthy diet. A scope for preventive activities within the public health sector is to intervene for weight reduction regardless of sex.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30218 - General and internal medicine

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Bratislava Medical Journal

ISSN

0006-9248

e-ISSN

1336-0345

Volume of the periodical

126

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1930-1938

UT code for WoS article

001494837700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105006616583