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The health-line - a method for collecting data on self-rated health over time: a pilot study

Karin C. Ringsberg

Department of Health and Environment, Division for Social Medicine and Public Health Science, University of Linköping, karin{at}nvh.se, Nordic School of Public Health, Göteborg

Kristina A. E. Alexanderson

Department of Health and Environment, Division for Social Medicine and Public Health Science, University of Linköping

Karin E. Borg

Department of Health and Environment, Division for Social Medicine and Public Health Science, University of Linköping

Gunnel K. E. Hensing

Department of Health and Environment, Division for Social Medicine and Public Health Science, University of Linköping, Department of Social Medicine, University of Göteborg, Sweden

Background: There is a need for an instrument to record a life-course perspective of self-rated health. Aim: To test the ``health-line'' , a simple, comprehensive method of collecting data on self-rated health over time. Method: In 1996, a questionnaire was mailed to people who in 1985 were aged between 25 and 34 years old and had a sick-leave spell >28 days with ``back diagnoses'' . They were asked to rate their global health graphically with a ``health-line'' for the years 1985- 95. Official data on sick leave and disability pension were obtained for the same period. In all, 37 out of 52 men and 60 out of 83 women answered; that is, they drew a health-line. Result: A statistically significant negative correlation between the mean number of absence days due to ill health and the health-line data was found for every year (r = -0.35 to - 0.53; p<0.001) and for the whole period 1985- 95 (r= -0.546; p<0.001 ) respectively. Conclusion: The method worked well and is well worth further development and testing.

Key Words: health-line • ill health • life-line • self-rated health • sick leave • sickness absence.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 29, No. 3, 233-239 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290031601
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