Determinants of Poor Self-rated Health in Korean Adults With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Self-rated health is a measure of perceived health widely used in epidemiological studies. Our study investigated the determinants of poor self-rated health in middle-aged Korean adults with diabetes.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the Health Examinees Study. A total of 9759 adults aged 40 to 69 years who reported having physician-diagnosed diabetes were analyzed with regard to a range of health determinants, including sociodemographic, lifestyle, psychosocial, and physical variables, in association with self-rated health status using multivariate logistic regression models. A p-value <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.

Results

We found that negative psychosocial conditions, including frequent stress events and

SUBMITTER: Lee HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676642 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature