Blar i forfatter "Fylkesnes, Knut"
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Factors affecting self-evaluated general health status and the use of professional health care services
Fylkesnes, Knut (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 1991)The idea of health has been given different meanings throughout history. The “Pippin perspective” introduced here contrasts the seemingly prevailing cultural climate of fascination and concern with personal health, uneasiness and “elevating health to a super value, a metaphor for all that is good in life” (1). What Pippin might help to illustrate is the reported historical trend toward a ... -
The value of general health perception in health equity research: A community-based cohort study of long-term mortality risk (Finnmark cohort study 1987–2017)
Fylkesnes, Knut; Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Henriksen, Nils Oddbjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-18)Background - General health perception as measured by self-rated health (SRH) is an individual's synthesis of personal overall health and has value in its own right. In addition, this subjective perspective has a unique predictive power of subsequent mortality and adds valuable information not captured by objective measures. We studied the relationship between SRH and subsequent mortality to demonstrate ...