Self-Rated Health in Middle Aged Population of Karachi, Pakistan
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
To determine awareness of self-rated health among middle aged population of Karachi, Pakistan. Self-rated health and the aspects that affect it have been described in few dimensions in Pakistan and research articles can be found on it. This research focuses on the awareness of SRH among middle-aged population based in Karachi, Pakistan using a cross-sectional survey including 384 participants. A self-administrated questionnaire comprising of general health and lifestyle questions was used to collect data in which participants were asked a key question, “How do you rate your health?” The association of self-rated health was then studied with awareness in respect to demographics, health conditions, healthy habits, smoking using SPSS. It was found that majority of the sampled population that considered themselves healthy based on their awareness were not healthy and had day-to-day common problems. Smoking was not associated with poor self-rated health as majority of the individuals enjoyed a healthy lifestyle and were non-smokers. And it can be concluded that educated individuals with good health and healthy lifestyle report good self-rated health; many had maintained good health by involving in some kind of daily exercises and by eluding smoking. Keywords: self-rated health, health awareness, health conditions, healthy habits, middle aged population, smoking, and Karachi.
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Maaha Qureshi, Muhammad Adnan Kanpurwala
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