Original scientific paper

Perception of Health among the Mobile Aged Population (Part of The Study on Chronic Disease in Croatia)

Mladen PAVLOVIĆ ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Anita LAURI KORAJLIJA ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Diana ŠIMIĆ ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Jasminka BOBIĆ ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Naima ČOROVIĆ ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb

Abstract

With the health survey SF-36® we examined the perception
of health (standard Croatian version) in 396 older persons,
participants in the research with various social economic
characteristics. A lower perception of health was determined
in the older age group (76-91 years of age - IV age:
components of physical functioning and physical limitations).
Women showed lower self-assessment of bodily pain
component. Urban participants showed higher perceptions of
general health components, mental health components, vitality, physical limitations and bodily pain. Participants with
lower education showed lower perception of health.
Education is, according to all dimensions of health, a
statistically more relevant factor in comparison to arbitrary
poverty threshold (monthly pension: ±1500.00 kn per
month). Regression analysis explains a statistically significant,
but relatively small percentage of variance of one’s own
perception of physical health (12%). Statistically significant
predictors are age, education and region (whereas the
continental region of Croatia shows a higher perception of
physical health scale). Social economic characteristics
statistically do not explain the perception of physical health
scale of instrument SF-36.

Keywords

health components; health scales; healthy aging; SF-36

Hrčak ID:

62739

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/62739

Publication date:

23.12.2010.

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