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Older adults' self-rated health and differences by age and gender: A quantitative study
Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-7117-9808
Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd.
2016 (Engelska)Ingår i: Healthy Aging Research, ISSN 2261-7434, Vol. 5, nr 5Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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Background: The older adult population is expected to grow, presenting potential challenges for individuals and society. Maintenance of older adults’ health will be an important factor for healthy aging. It will also be a challenge for health professionals who work to promote health and create care equity conditions. To promote healthy aging and equal care, an overview of older adults’ self-rated health is needed. The aim of this study was to describe self-rated health among older adults’ living at home and age group and gender-based health differences.

Method: A descriptive and a comparative cross-sectional study. The questionnaire study was part of a Swedish national population study. Randomly selected older adults 65–84 years living in five counties in central Sweden. The response rates were 79% and 75% for those 65–79 years and 80–84 years, respectively. Participants (n = 13922) were divided into two age groups: 65–79 years (n = 5926 male, n = 5755 female) and 80–84 years (n = 1208 male, n = 1033 female).

Results and conclusions: Older adults generally self-rated their health as well, especially in the age group aged 65–79 years. Females self-rated their health as poorer than did males, especially among those aged 65–79 years. Gender-based health differences decreased in the group aged 80–84 years. It is important to address these gender-based health differences; health policies and programmes need topromote equitable healthy aging.

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2016. Vol. 5, nr 5
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Gender, Older adults, Questionnaire, Self-rated health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-8693DOI: 10.12715/har.2016.5.1OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-8693DiVA, id: diva2:897395
Tillgänglig från: 2016-01-25 Skapad: 2016-01-25 Senast uppdaterad: 2017-01-24Bibliografiskt granskad

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