Correlates of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Mental Health in Older Chinese Americans

Yuri Jang; Ya-Ching Huang; Hyunwoo Yoon; Shumin Lin

doi:10.1080/19371918.2015.1137515

Correlates of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Mental Health in Older Chinese Americans

Soc Work Public Health. 2016 Jul;31(4):309-15. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2015.1137515. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

Authors

Yuri Jang¹, Ya-Ching Huang², Hyunwoo Yoon¹, Shumin Lin³

Affiliations

¹ a School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , USA.
² b School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , USA.
³ c Language Teaching and Research Center and Graduate Institute of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu , Taiwan.

PMID: 27104949
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2015.1137515

Abstract

The present study examined the factors associated with self-rated health (SRH) and self-rated mental health (SRMH) in a sample of 108 older Chinese Americans (MeanAge = 70.6, SD = 7.70). SRH and SRMH were highly associated with each other. In the multiple regression models, chronic conditions and functional disability emerged as significant predictors of poor SRH and SRMH. However, the significance of depressive symptoms was only obtained in the model of SRMH. The findings reflect the body-mind connection among older Chinese Americans and provide implications for integrative health promotion efforts.

Keywords: Self-rated health; older Chinese Americans; self-rated mental health.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian*
China
Chronic Disease
Female
Health Status Indicators*
Humans
Male
Mental Health / ethnology*
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Regression Analysis
Self Report*