[Morbidity and self-perception of health, two different approaches to health status].

CONCLUSIONS: The inference of health status from clinical records on attended morbidity approximates to the subjective perception of health and vice versa. However, certain sociodemographic factors modulate individual perception. The results obtained are encouraging in relation to the development of new methodologies for calculating quality of life indicators.
PMID: 31255397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gaceta Sanitaria - July 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Gac Sanit Source Type: research