Naslov
Povezanost različitih mjera samoprocjene zdravlja u longitudinalnom istraživanju starijih osoba
(Relationship of different measures of self-reported health in a follow-up study of older persons.)

Autori
Despot Lučanin, Jasminka ; Lučanin, Damir ; Havelka, Mladen

Izvornik
Studia Psychologica (0039-3320) 47 (2005), 2; 145-156

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
samoprocjena zdravlja; stari ljudi; zdravlje; longitudinalno istraživanje
(self-perceived health; aged; health status; longitudinal studies)

Sažetak
Different health indicators- self-perception of health, psychosomatic symptoms, functional ability- show different degrees of stability over time. The aim was to investigate the stability of different health indicators over 15 years of follow-up in older people, and to examine the association of self-perceived health and other self-reported health indicators. In the longitudinal study of aging in Zagreb, Croatia, a sample of 99 older people (37 men and 62 women, mean age 58 years at Time 1, and 72 years at Time 2) was retested after a 15 years period. Measures of self-reported health (the same at both measurement times) were: health status, scale of functional ability, scale of psychosomatic symptoms, and scale of self-perceived health. Data were collected by a structured interview. Results showed the decrease in health status measured by different self-reported health indicators, except for self-perceived health, which remained stable. The structure of health indicators, which partly determine and predict self-perceived health, changed to some extent as people grew older.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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