Self-reported health and the well-being paradox among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Abstract Background Self-reported health is a widely used epidemiologic measure, however, the factors that predict self-reported health among community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years), especially those with multimorbidity (≥2 chronic conditions), are poorly understood. Further, it is not known why...

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Main Authors: Carly Whitmore, Maureen Markle-Reid, Carrie McAiney, Jenny Ploeg, Lauren E. Griffith, Susan P. Phillips, Andrew Wister, Kathryn Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02807-z