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Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population
BACKGROUND: Prevalence studies are needed to assess the distribution of diseases. However, in a contrasting health promotion perspective, self-rated health is in itself an important field of study. This study investigated self-rated global health in the general population in Norway. METHODS: As part...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31870385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1258-y |
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author | Bonsaksen, Tore Ekeberg, Øivind Skogstad, Laila Heir, Trond Grimholt, Tine K. Lerdal, Anners Schou-Bredal, Inger |
author_facet | Bonsaksen, Tore Ekeberg, Øivind Skogstad, Laila Heir, Trond Grimholt, Tine K. Lerdal, Anners Schou-Bredal, Inger |
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description | BACKGROUND: Prevalence studies are needed to assess the distribution of diseases. However, in a contrasting health promotion perspective, self-rated health is in itself an important field of study. This study investigated self-rated global health in the general population in Norway. METHODS: As part of a national survey, a two-item measure of global health (score range 0–100) was administered to a general population sample, and 1776 of 4961 eligible participants (response rate 36%) responded. Group comparisons were conducted using independent t-tests and one-way analyses of variance, whereas factors associated with global health was investigated with linear regression analysis. RESULTS: In the adjusted analyses, better global health was associated with higher age (β = 0.13, p < 0.001), having higher education (β = 0.10, p < 0.001), being employed (β = 0.21, p < 0.001), and living with a spouse or partner (β = 0.05, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: While global health was similar for men and women in the Norwegian general population, other sociodemographic variables were linked with global health. In particular, the link between employment and self-rated global health was strong. The findings are considered representative for the Norwegian population. |
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spelling | pubmed-69294882019-12-30 Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population Bonsaksen, Tore Ekeberg, Øivind Skogstad, Laila Heir, Trond Grimholt, Tine K. Lerdal, Anners Schou-Bredal, Inger Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: Prevalence studies are needed to assess the distribution of diseases. However, in a contrasting health promotion perspective, self-rated health is in itself an important field of study. This study investigated self-rated global health in the general population in Norway. METHODS: As part of a national survey, a two-item measure of global health (score range 0–100) was administered to a general population sample, and 1776 of 4961 eligible participants (response rate 36%) responded. Group comparisons were conducted using independent t-tests and one-way analyses of variance, whereas factors associated with global health was investigated with linear regression analysis. RESULTS: In the adjusted analyses, better global health was associated with higher age (β = 0.13, p < 0.001), having higher education (β = 0.10, p < 0.001), being employed (β = 0.21, p < 0.001), and living with a spouse or partner (β = 0.05, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: While global health was similar for men and women in the Norwegian general population, other sociodemographic variables were linked with global health. In particular, the link between employment and self-rated global health was strong. The findings are considered representative for the Norwegian population. BioMed Central 2019-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6929488/ /pubmed/31870385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1258-y Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Bonsaksen, Tore Ekeberg, Øivind Skogstad, Laila Heir, Trond Grimholt, Tine K. Lerdal, Anners Schou-Bredal, Inger Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title | Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title_full | Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title_fullStr | Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title_short | Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population |
title_sort | self-rated global health in the norwegian general population |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31870385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1258-y |
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