TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dalen, J. D.
AU  - Huijts, T.
AU  - Krokstad, S.
AU  - Eikemo, T. A.
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012//
TI  - Are there educational differences in the association between self-rated health and mortality in Norway? The HUNT Study
T2  - Scand J Public Health
JO  - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
SP  - 641
EP  - 647
VL  - 40
IS  - 7
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - 80 and over
KW  - *Diagnostic Self Evaluation
KW  - *Educational Status
KW  - Female
KW  - Follow-Up Studies
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Mortality/*trends
KW  - Norway/epidemiology
KW  - Proportional Hazards Models
AB  - AIMS: The aim of this study was to test whether the association between self-rated health and mortality differs between educational groups in Norway, and to examine whether health problems and health-related behaviour can explain any of these differences within a previously unexplored contextual setting. METHODS: The study used data from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study 84-86 (HUNT) with a 20-year follow up. The analyses were performed for respondents between 25-101 years at baseline (n = 56,788). The association between self-rated health and mortality was tested using Cox regression. RESULTS: The results indicate that although self-rated health is associated with mortality there is no difference in the association between self-rated health and mortality between educational groups. Introducing health-related variables did not have an impact on the result. CONCLUSIONS: Given the small educational differences in the association between self-rated health and mortality, this supports the reliability of self-reported health as a measurement for objective health.
SN  - 1403-4948
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23042460
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494812459817
DO  - 10.1177/1403494812459817
LA  - English
N1  - PMID:23042460
ID  - Dalen_etal2012
ER  -