Self-rated general health and psychiatric disorders in a general population sample
2005; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.026
ISSN1778-3585
AutoresUlrich John, Christian Meyer, Hans‐Jürgen Rumpf, Anja Schümann, Horst Dilling, Ulfert Hapke,
Tópico(s)Global Health Care Issues
ResumoThe purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between nicotine and alcohol dependence, depressive, anxiety and somatoform disorders with self-rated general health (GH). A cohort study of a random sample of the non-institutionalised general population aged 18-64 with a participation rate of 70.2% was carried out in a German area (n = 4075 at baseline). A follow-up of tobacco smokers or heavy drinkers (n = 1083, 79.4% of those who had given consent to be followed-up) was conducted 30 months after baseline measurement. The assessments included self-ratings of GH and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) diagnoses based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. The results show that nicotine dependence, anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders moderately predicted self-rated GH at follow-up (general linear model, R(2) = 0.12). We conclude that psychiatric disorders may contribute to the prediction of a low self-rated GH.
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