Subjektive Einschätzung der Gesundheit und Mortalitätsentwicklung

Abstract

Many international studies underline the importance of the health indicator "perceived general health" (PGH). For Germany, only few Longitudinal studies are available from recent years, dealing with the question whether PGH is a predictor for overall mortality. Based on a Mortality-Follow-up Study (n = 7212) under the auspices of the Federal Institute for Population Research the importance of the indicator PGH for the prediction of the mortality experience in the general population has been analysed for the period 1984 - 1998. The age-adjusted relative risk of "less than good health" for overall mortality is 2.11 (p <0.001) for males and 2.05 (p <0.001) for females (reference category: "good/very good health"). The relative risks for "poor health" are 4.32 (p <0,001) in males and 3.07 (p <0.001) in females. An inclusion of several control variables remarkably reduces these relative risks. The results indicate that the indicator "perceived general health" is an important predictor of overall mortality in Germany.

Subjektive Einschätzung der eigenen Gesundheit und gesundheitsrelevantes Verhalten bei niedergelassenen Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten

“…B. Bath 2003, Benyamini et al 2003, Benyamini u. Idler 1999, Heidrich et al 2002, Helmert 2003, Larsson et al 2002, Mossey u. Shapiro 1982, Müters et al 2005. Es übertrifft in seiner Prädiktivität bezüglich Mortalität "objektive" Parameter, da sie eine "PoolVariable" darstellt, die über den objektiven Gesundheitszustand hinaus beispielsweise auch persönliche und psychosoziale Gesundheitsressourcen, familienhistorische Risikofaktoren und Dispositionen oder eine "Vorahnung" zu biologischen oder wegen Erkrankungen und Beschwerden beim Arzt?…”

The health status of first- and second-generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

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Length of life and the pensions of five million retired German men

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