Contextual influence on poor self-rated health in patients with Chagas disease: multilevel study.

ABSTRACT: Chagas disease (CD) is recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the thirteen most neglected tropical diseases in the world. Self-perceived health is considered a better predictor of mortality than objective measures of health status, and the context in which one lives influences this predictor. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and individual and contextual factors associated with poor self-rated health among CD patients from an endemic region in Brazil. It is a multilevel cross-sectional study. The individual data come from a cross-section of a cohort study named SaMi-Trop. Contextual data was collected from publicly accessible institutional information systems and platforms. The dependent variable was self-perceived health. The analysis was performed using multilev

SUBMITTER: Ferreira AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature