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Noack, RH; Foppa, I; Calmonte, R.
Reported disease and psychological well-being in Swiss adults.
SOZ PRAVENTIVMED. 1993; 38(5): 297-312. Doi: 10.1007/BF01359592
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Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz: Noack Richard-Horst
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Abstract:: In Switzerland, and in many other countries as well, the distribution of morbidity and perceived health in the general population and their determining factors have not been systematically studied so far. This article reports on exploratory study of prevalence of two complex health indicators, long-standing disease (Disease) and psychological well-being (Well-being) and of their environmental, person-specific and behavioural determinants. Data from a health survey conducted in five cantons and three language regions as part of the Swiss Intercantonal Health Indicators Project were used. Whereas distributions of prevalence of Disease according to gender, age, level of education and place of living confirm results of other studies, unexpected prevalence patterns were found for Well-being, especially with regard to gender differences. Multivariate analyses by general linear models (independent sub-samples of the study population were used to develop and validate models) showed different sets of environmental, person-specific and behavioural factors to explain inter-individual differences of Disease and Well-being, both in the total validation sample and in sub-samples of women and men. The results are discussed with regard to implications for socioepidemiological health research.
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