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. 2004 Jan-Feb;12(1):110-3.

Self-rated health, depression, and one-year health outcomes in older primary care patients

Jeffrey M Lyness  1 , Deborah A King, Yeates Conwell, Paul R Duberstein, Shirley Eberly, Silvia M Sörensen, Eric D Caine
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  • PMID: 14729566

Self-rated health, depression, and one-year health outcomes in older primary care patients

Jeffrey M Lyness et al. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Objective: The authors tested the hypothesis that poorer self-rated health is associated with poorer health outcomes.

Method: They prospectively examined the association of self-rated health to 1-year outcomes in 247 older subjects from primary care settings.

Results: Poorer self-rated health was independently associated with 1-year functional disability, after covarying initial clinical and functional measures, but was not independently associated with 1-year depression diagnosis. Results were mixed regarding associations with 1-year medical burden or mortality.

Conclusions: Clinicians should be vigilant for functional decline in patients who perceive their health negatively. Future research should test potential mechanisms that might underlie this association.

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