eprintid: 2739
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creators_name: Singh-Manoux, A
creators_name: Martikainen, P
creators_name: Ferrie, J
creators_name: Zins, M
creators_name: Marmot, M
creators_name: Goldberg, M
title: What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies
subjects: 3000
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D12
divisions: G19
keywords: REPORTED HEALTH, PERCEIVED HEALTH, SOCIAL-CLASS, FOLLOW-UP, MORTALITY, ASSOCIATION, POPULATION, SURVIVAL, GENDER, DETERMINANTS
abstract: Objectives: To investigate the determinants of self rated health (SRH) in men and women in the British Whitehall II study and the French Gazel cohort study.Methods: The cross sectional analyses reported in this paper use data from wave 1 of the Whitehall II study ( 1985 - 88) and wave 2 of the Gazel study ( 1990). Determinants were either self reported or obtained through medical screening and employer's records. The Whitehall II study is based on 20 civil service departments located in London. The Gazel study is based on employees of France's national gas and electricity company (EDF-GDF). SRH data were available on 6889 men and 3403 women in Whitehall II and 13 008 men and 4688 women in Gazel.Results: Correlation analysis was used to identify determinants of SRH from 35 measures in Whitehall II and 33 in Gazel. Stepwise multiple regressions identified five determinants ( symptom score, sickness absence, longstanding illness, minor psychiatric morbidity, number of recurring health problems) in Whitehall II, explaining 34.7% of the variance in SRH. In Gazel, four measures ( physical tiredness, number of health problems in the past year, physical mobility, number of prescription drugs used) explained 41.4% of the variance in SRH.Conclusion: Measures of mental and physical health status contribute most to the SRH construct. The part played by age, early life factors, family history, sociodemographic variables, psychosocial factors, and health behaviours in these two occupational cohorts is modest.
date: 2006-04
date_type: published
publisher: B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
vfaculties: VFPHS
oa_status: green
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
verified: verified_batch
elements_source: Web of Science
elements_id: 59574
doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.039883
lyricists_name: Ferrie, Jane
lyricists_name: Marmot, Michael
lyricists_name: MARTIKAINEN, PEKKA
lyricists_name: Singh-Manoux, Archana
lyricists_id: JEFER50
lyricists_id: MGMAR64
lyricists_id: PMART65
lyricists_id: ASING25
full_text_status: public
publication: J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H
volume: 60
number: 4
pagerange: 364 - 372
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0143-005X
citation:        Singh-Manoux, A;    Martikainen, P;    Ferrie, J;    Zins, M;    Marmot, M;    Goldberg, M;      (2006)    What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies.                   J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H , 60  (4)   364 - 372.    10.1136/jech.2005.039883 <https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2005.039883>.       Green open access   
 
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