[Determinants of self-rated health in old people].

OBJECTIVE:To describe the status of self-rated health (SRH) among the elderly and find out the relationship between SRH and other health measures such as two weeks prevalence and chronic disease prevalence. METHODS:The data used was generated from cross-sectional household health survey conducted in the year of 2009 in Shunyi district, Beijing. SPSS software was used to conduct univariate and multivariate liner regression analysis with self-rated health. RESULTS:The average score of self-rated health among the elderly is 72.49. Univariate analyses suggest that are age, sex, marital status, income level, education, employment, medical insurance type, self-perceived anxious or depression, disease state are all associated with poor SRH score. Multiple liner regression model shows that age, job, medical insurance, self-perceived anxious or depression, suffer from two-week illness and chronic disease had effects on SRH of the elderly. CONCLUSION:Physical and psychological unhealthy are independent risk factors of SRH among the elderly, disease status is the most influential predictor on SRH score. Thus, a single measurement of SRH question can be used in health status assessment of the elderly.