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Self-Perceived Health, Objective Health, and Quality of Life among People Aged 50 and Over: Interrelationship among Health Indicators in Italy, Spain, and Greece
Silvana MiceliDomenica MatrangaLaura ManiscalcoFilippa Bonosubject
Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleMaleHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisHealth StatusPopulationlcsh:MedicineChronic diseases cognitive measureArticleSettore MED/01 - Statistica Medica03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of lifeEnvironmental healthCredibilitychronic diseases cognitive measuresHumans030212 general & internal medicineCognitive skillself-perceived healtheducationAged2. Zero hungereducation.field_of_studyGreeceSettore SECS-S/02 - Statistica Per La Ricerca Sperimentale E Tecnologica030503 health policy & serviceslcsh:R1. No povertyPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthSelf perceived healthBayes TheoremMiddle AgedHealth indicatoradditive Bayesian network3. Good healthEuropeHealth promotionItalyquality of lifeSpainFemaleSelf Report0305 other medical sciencePsychologyBody mass indexdescription
It is well known that self-perceived health (SPH), even if it is a subjective health indicator, is significantly associated with objective health and quality of life (QoL) in the general population. Whether it can be considered an indicator of cognitive functioning and quality of life in the elderly is still an open issue. This study used a data-driven approach to investigate the interrelationship among SPH, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), QoL, and cognitive functioning to answer this question. The study sample included information about 12,831 people living in Italy, Spain, and Greece, extracted from the Survey on Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe, in the year 2015. The additive Bayesian networks methodology was used to identify the best directed acyclic graphs (DAG) for SPH, QoL, and NCDs. Results were given as posterior estimates of generalized linear models (GLM) coefficients, with 95% credibility intervals. Good SPH was associated with a decreasing number of chronic diseases in Italy (coeff = &minus
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-01 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |