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IMPORTANCE OF SELF-RATED HEALTH AS A HEALTH INDICATOR
Institute of social medicine, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*
Institute of social medicine, Medical faculty , Belgrade , Serbia
Institute of statistics and informatics, Medical faculty , Belgrade , Serbia
Institute of epidemiology, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*
Institute of epidemiology, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*
Institute of hygiene, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*
Institute of social medicine, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*
Published: 01.12.2010.
Volume 38, Issue 2 (2010)
pp. 39-44;
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Because of significance of self-rated health as a valid measure of health status it is important to research what influence on individuals when they assess own health.. The aims of the study were to investigate how north Kosovska Mitrovica adults describe their health and to compare results with results from Serbia without Kosovo and Metohija; and to determine which variables are connected with self-rated health status among this population. The research was conducted as crosssectional study, done on the representative sample of adult citizens in northern Kosovska Mitrovica in the year 2006. 318 examinees were examine. The instrument of research was a questionnaire which contained questions about self-rated health and demographic and socio-economic characteristics, mental health, social interaction, capability of daily activities, health behaviour and habits, diseases and injuries, utilization of health care service. Independent variables are defined through fac2 tor analysis taken from these groups of question. For statistic analysis were used X -test and multivariate stepwise linear regression. More than half of the respondents (54,7%) their health assessed as good or very good. Inhabitants of northern Kosovska Mitrovica were significantly often their health assessed as good or verz good than inhabitants of Serbia without Kosovo and Metohija (p<0,05). Self-rated health were connected with foreword variables: gender, mood problems, myocardial infarction, chronic bronchitis, psychic and neurotic disorders, rheumatic arthritis, high blood sugar, utilization of private gynecologist service and paying for diagnostic service. Results from this study correspond with findings from literature. Most of the respondents in north Kosovska Mitrovica assessed their own health as good or very good. Bad and very bad health was significantly associated with females, problems with mood, myocardial infarction, chronic bronchitis, psychic or neurotic disorders, rheumatic arthritis and high blood sugar. Good and very good health was significantly associated with utilization of private gynecologist service and paying for diagnostic service.
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