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4.3.1 PH - Perceived Health

Version 2.1 by Emily West on 2022/01/06 13:08

4.3.1 PH - Perceived Health

TopicUrban challengesSub-challenges
Social4 - Public Health and Well-Being4.3 - Health
Description
Perceived health is a subjective measure of overall health status. Individuals' self-assessment of their health may include aspects that are difficult to capture clinically, such as incipient disease, disease severity, physiological and psychological reserves, and social function. Studies have demonstrated that this is a reliable and valid measure, associated with functional decline, morbidity and mortality
Scale as linked to D2.2 framework
  • City
  • Neighborhood 
  • Street
  • Household
  • Object
Data source [ link to data framework]
  • The response of the participant
Needs
  • The response of the participant
Expected Outputs
  • Numerical value on a lickert scale from 1 (very dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied). 
Calculation methods
  • None
Links and references
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF © World Health Organization 1996, http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/76.pdf
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF © World Health Organization 2004, http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/en/english_ whoqol.pdf http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/whoqolbref/ en