Association between self-reported general and mental health and adverse outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of 19,625 Scottish adults.

OBJECTIVE: Self-reported general health and mental health are independent predictors of all-cause mortality. This study examines whether they are also independent predictors of incident cancer, coronary heart disease and psychiatric hospitalisation. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, population...

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Main Authors: Zia Ul-Haq, Daniel F Mackay, Jill P Pell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3976324?pdf=render