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Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life.

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Hays, JC; Schoenfeld, DE; Blazer, DG

Published in: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

The authors examined the determinants of poor self-rated health by use of data from the Duke University site of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). Study participants were community residents, 65 years of age or older, selected from five contiguous counties in the north-central Piedmont area of North Carolina. Poorer self-rated health was correlated cross-sectionally with depressive symptomatology, poor functional status, chronic disease, lower income, less education, being married, younger age, being hospitalized within the past year, and current smoking habit. The authors emphasize the importance of a comprehensive model for understanding the components of the construct of self-rated health and propose possible explanations for the significant correlates of self-rated health.

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Author Judith C. Hays School of Nursing

Author Daniel German Blazer Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...

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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

DOI

10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002

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1545-7214

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Start / End Page

188 / 196

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

Geriatrics
5203 Clinical and health psychology
4203 Health services and systems
3202 Clinical sciences
1702 Cognitive Sciences
1117 Public Health and Health Services
1103 Clinical Sciences

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Hays, J. C., Schoenfeld, D. E., & Blazer, D. G. (n.d.). Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 4(3), 188–196. https://doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002

Hays, Judith C., David E. Schoenfeld, and Dan G. Blazer. “Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 4, no. 3 (n.d.): 188–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002.

Hays JC, Schoenfeld DE, Blazer DG. Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 4(3):188–96.

Hays, Judith C., et al. “Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 188–96. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002.

Hays JC, Schoenfeld DE, Blazer DG. Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 4(3):188–196.