The relationship between pre-surgery self-rated health and changes in functional and mental health in older adults: insights from a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elective surgeries are among the most common health stressors in later life and put a significant risk at functional and mental health, making them an important target of research into healthy aging and physical resilience. Large-scale longitudinal research mostly conducted in non-clinical samples provided support of the predictive value of self-rated health (SRH) for both functional and mental health. Thus, SRH may have the potential to predict favorable adaptation processes after significant health stressors, that is, physical resilience. So far, a study examining the interplay between SRH, functional and mental health and their relative importance for health changes in the context of health stressors was missing. The present study aimed at addressing this gap.

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SUBMITTER: Mennig EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064967 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature