The Relationship of Health-Related Behavior and Chronic Diseases with Self-Rated Health, a Multinational Comparison among Adult Population: Evidence from EASS 2010 Health Survey

Background: Multinational comparative study of the relation of self-rated health (SRH) with health behavior and chronic disease can ease our perception of differences in health factors between countries. We aimed to compare the relation of SRH with health behavior and chronic disease. Methods: We at...

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Published in:Iranian journal of public health 2022-02, Vol.51 (2), p.400-408
Main Authors: Majidul Islam, Kishore Mohammad, Li, Jiangping, Li, Hongmin, Yang, Huifang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular diseases
Chronic illnesses
Comparative
Comparative studies
Confidence intervals
Coronary artery disease
Diabetes mellitus
Disease
Education
Health related-behavior
Heart diseases
Ischemia
Multinational
Multiple regression analysis
Original
Physical activity
Polls & surveys
Public health
Self-rated health
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Survey
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Summary:Background: Multinational comparative study of the relation of self-rated health (SRH) with health behavior and chronic disease can ease our perception of differences in health factors between countries. We aimed to compare the relation of SRH with health behavior and chronic disease. Methods: We attempted to analyze larger data obtained from 2010 East-Asian-Social-Survey and to compare the situation of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (Special administrative region of China). As these are neighboring regions having both similarities and differences in socio-demographic aspects as well as environment and cultures. The study was composed of 10,137 participants. Univariate and multiple regression analyses were employed to estimate the Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% Confidence intervals (CI) for SRH and health-related behavior, sociodemographic, chronic disease variables. Results: The number of individuals reporting Good SRH was 6,648, with China having the higher proportion (P=
ISSN:2251-6085
2251-6093
DOI:10.18502/ijph.v51i2.8693