Subjective health as predictor for mortality |
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Authors: | Müters S Lampert T Maschewsky-Schneider U |
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Affiliation: | Technische Universit?t Berlin, Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften. mueters@ifg.tu-berlin.de |
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Abstract: | In the last two decades self-rated health has received growing interest in international studies because of its consistent prediction for mortality. However, for Germany there are no studies confirming a long-term effect independent from objective health indicators in comparison of different follow-up. On the basis of the Life-Expectancy-Study (1984/86 - 1998) from the Federal Institute for Population Research it was possible to analyze the association between subjective health and mortality in relation to the length of observation. A stronger correlation between bad self-rated health and objective health status could be indicated because of a better prediction for mortality in a short-term follow-up. The evidence of a significant effect between self-rated health and mortality in the long-term follow-up not including the deaths from the short-term follow-up indicates that the mechanisms between subjective health and mortality are more complex than those between objective health status and death. |
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