Jitka Pikhartova

Biographic Data

ID6164007
NAMEJitka Pikhartova
GIVEN NAMESJitka
FAMILY NAMEPikhartova
SIGNATUREPIKHARTOVA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity College London
ORCID0000-0003-3389-0946
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Socio-economic position, area-level deprivation and gradients in cancer incidence

    Open AccessRobert A Hiatt, Wei Xun et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The findings demonstrate the importance of socioeconomic position in the incidence of some common cancers prior to diagnosis and treatment and reinforces the need for further research to address the contribution of upstream social determinants in the etiology of cancer

  • Employment status and self-rated health among Chinese middle-aged and older workers

    Yuwei Pan, Martin Bobak et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2025References: 14

    BACKGROUND: The ageing workforce in China poses a challenge to the healthcare and social systems. This study investigated the association between employment categories and self-rated health (SRH) among Chinese middle-aged and older adults. METHODS: We analysed data from the baseline survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (14 445 participants aged 45 years and older). The association between employment status and SRH was anal…

  • Labour-Market Characteristics and Self-Rated Health

    Open AccessYuwei Pan, Hynek Pikhart et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    In the face of labour-force ageing, understanding labour-market characteristics and the health status of middle-aged and older workers is important for sustainable social and economic development. Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely-used instrument to detect health problems and predict mortality. This study investigated labour-market characteristics that may have an impact on the SRH among Chinese middle-aged and older workers, using data from th…

  • Reliability and predictive validity of two scales of self-rated health in China

    Open AccessYuwei Pan, Jitka Pikhartova et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Background Despite the widespread use of the single item self-rated health (SRH) question, its reliability has never been evaluated in Chinese population. Methods We used data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, waves 1–4 (2011–2019). In wave 1, the same SRH question was asked twice, separated by other questions, on a subset of 4533 subjects, allowing us to examine the test–retest reliability of SRH. In addition, two versions…

  • Lonely places or lonely people? Investigating the relationship between loneliness and place of residence

    Open AccessCilius Victor, Christina R Victor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Our results indicate that loneliness in older adults is higher in the most deprived areas independent of individual-level factors. In order to develop appropriate interventions further research is required to investigate how area-level factors combine with individual-level loneliness vulnerability measures to generate increased levels of loneliness in deprived areas

  • Is mid-life social participation associated with cognitive function at age 50? Results from the British National Child Development Study (NCDS)

    Open AccessAnn Bowling, Jitka Pikhartova et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2016

    The results indicate that modest associations between adult social engagement and cognitive function at age 50 persist after adjusting for covariates which included health, socio-economic status and gender, supporting theories of neuroplasticity. In addition to the continuing emphasis on physical activity, the encouragement of civic participation, at least as early as mid-life, should be a targeted policy to potentially promote and protect cognit…

  • The role of childhood social position in adult type 2 diabetes

    Open AccessJitka Pikhartova, D Blane et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Childhood social position influences adult diabetes directly and indirectly through inflammatory markers, adulthood social position and adult health behaviours