期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2006
卷号：15
期号：4-5 (84-85)
页码：801-817
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：For most people, subjective health, or self-perceived health, is the primary determinant of the health-related quality of life. This research examined the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, self-perceived health, life satisfaction, functional ability, psychosomatic symptoms in older people, and their needs for community care services, and, also, the possibility to predict their needs for community care services. Methods: the subjects were 2911 older persons, 978 men and 1933 women, from all regions of Croatia. Their mean age was 73 years (range 60-103 years). Measures of self-reported health were scales of self- -perceived health, life satisfaction, functional ability, psychosomatic symptoms. The needs for and availability of community care services were measured by two scales. Subjects' age, sex, objective health status and living conditions were controlled for. Data were collected in subjects' homes, using a structured interview, by trained interviewers. Results confirmed the possibility to predict the older people's needs for community care services based on the relationships in the set of different self-reported health indicators. Including self-perceived health among needs assessment criteria in older persons might improve the quality of life in old age.
关键词：the aged; self-perceived health; care services
