Title |
Desigualdades na autoavaliação de saúde: uma análise para populações do Brasil e de Portugal
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Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, November 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00108814 |
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Authors |
Alice Teles de Carvalho, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Pedro Nuno Ferreira Pinto de Oliveira, Denisa Maria de Melo Vasques Mendonça, Henrique Barros |
Abstract |
The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of poor self-rated health according to socio-demographic variables and the presence of chronic diseases in the populations of Brazil and Portugal. A total of 13,894 individuals ≥ 30 years of age were studied in capitals in Northeast Brazil (VIGITEL 2011) and 20,579 in Portugal (4th NHI, 2005/2006). Poisson regression was used in both analyses of associations, adjusted by covariates. Net prevalence rates of poor health in men in Northeast Brazil and Portugal were 4.3% and 15.5%. Prevalence ratio was 2.72 (95%CI: 2.70-2.75) after standardization by age bracket. In women, prevalence was 8.1% in Northeast Brazil and 25.1% in Portugal (PR: 2.40; 95%CI: 2.39-2.42). The variable that showed the worst inequalities in poor self-rated health was schooling, in both Brazil and Portugal. Current disease had a stronger effect on Brazilians than on Portuguese, in both men and women. Prevalence of poor self-rated health was significantly higher in Portugal in all the groups analyzed. |
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Student > Bachelor | 2 | 13% |
Librarian | 1 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 6% |
Other | 3 | 19% |
Unknown | 4 | 25% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 19% |
Computer Science | 1 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 1 | 6% |
Psychology | 1 | 6% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 5 | 31% |