Self-rated health and its association with mortality in older adults in China, India and Latin America-a 10/66 Dementia Research Group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

empirical evidence from high-income countries suggests that self-rated health (SRH) is useful as a brief and simple outcome measure in public health research. However, in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) there is a lack of evaluation and the cross-cultural validity of SRH remains largely untested. This study aims to explore the prevalence of SRH and its association with mortality in older adults in LMIC in order to cross-culturally validate the construct of SRH.

Methods

population-based cohort studies including 16,940 persons aged ≥65 years in China, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Puerto Rico in 2003. SRH was assessed by asking 'how do you rate your overall health in the past 30 days' with responses ranging from excellent

SUBMITTER: Falk H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature