Negative Self-Assessment of Health in Women: Association with Sociodemographic Characteristics, Physical Inactivity and Multimorbidity

Thays Angélica de Pinho Santos, Rafael Alves Guimarães, Valéria Pagotto, Natália Del’ Angelo Aredes, Isabela Silva Levindo de Siqueira, Suiany Dias Rocha, Clarissa Irineu de Sousa Carrijo and Claci Fátima Weirich Rosso
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Thays Angélica de Pinho Santos: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás, Campus Goiânia Oeste, Goiânia 74055-110, Goiás, Brazil
Rafael Alves Guimarães: Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-080, Goiás, Brazil
Valéria Pagotto: Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-080, Goiás, Brazil
Natália Del’ Angelo Aredes: Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-080, Goiás, Brazil
Isabela Silva Levindo de Siqueira: School of Social and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-010, Goiás, Brazil
Suiany Dias Rocha: Municipal Department of Education, Goiânia 74610-155, Goiás, Brazil
Clarissa Irineu de Sousa Carrijo: Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-080, Goiás, Brazil
Claci Fátima Weirich Rosso: Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74605-080, Goiás, Brazil

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Introduction: Women present a higher prevalence of negative self-assessment of health (NSAH) when compared to men. However, there is a gap in the literature of factors associated with NSAH in women from developing countries such as Brazil. In addition, few studies have assessed the magnitude of the association between multimorbidity and NSAH in this population. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between NSAH and sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle and multimorbidity in women from the Midwest region of Brazil. Methods: A study based on data from the National Health Survey, a household survey that investigated health situation, lifestyle and risk factors for chronic diseases in the adult population of Brazil, was held. Sampling was performed in multiple stages. The selected women answered a standardized questionnaire on sociodemographic data, self-assessment of health and potential determinants. Poisson regression was used to analyze the association between NSAH and sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle and multimorbidity. A significance level of 0.05% was established. Results: The study included 4233 women. The prevalence of NSAH found was 6.0% (95% Confidence Interval [95% CI]: 5.1–7.0%). There was an association between NSAH and advancing age, low schooling, physical inactivity and multimorbidity. Furthermore, there was an association between NSAH and diseases/disorders such as chronic back pain, systemic arterial hypertension, mental disorders, depression, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, cancer, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: The prevalence of NSAH was low. A strong association was found between this variable and multimorbidity. In addition, increased age, low schooling and physical inactivity were predictors of NSAH in women.

Keywords: health self-assessment; chronic disease; multimorbidity; women’s health; morbidity; primary care; healthy behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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