Self-rated health and sociodemographic inequalities among Venezuelan adults

A study based on the National Survey of Living Conditions (Encovi 2021)

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ID5166303
AutoresDalia Elena Romero (0000-0002-2643-9797, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil; Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela), Anitza Freitez (0000-0002-9616-344X, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello), Leo Ramos Maia (0000-0003-1531-0880, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Nathalia Andrade De Souza (0000-0003-1364-8642, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)
Año2024
Volumen40
Número6
Páginase00149323-e00149323
Fecha de publicación2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311xen149323
PMID38922225
OpenAlexW4399909857
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2024000601400
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas28

Self-rated health is an indicator that can be easily identified in health surveys, widely used to measure physical, social, mental, and health aspects of the population, and predict premature mortality. In Venezuela, this information only began to be collected recently, in the National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI). In this context, our study aims to analyze the demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with non-positive self-rated health among Venezuelan adults. The ENCOVI 2021 (n = 16,803) was used as a data source, assessing a probability stratified sample with questions about health, education, emigration, and other social and economic aspects. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratio analyses were performed using Poisson regression models with robust variance. The prevalence of fair/bad self-rated health among Venezuelans was 17.8%. The results indicated a strong association between outcome prevalence and age group, 3.81 times higher (95%CI: 3.29-4.41) among individuals aged 60 or more when compared to individuals aged 18 to 29 years. Also, participants experiencing severe food insecurity had a prevalence 2 times higher (95%CI: 1.61-2.47) than those who did not have any level of food insecurity. Factors such as poverty, education, recent emigration of family members, and sex also showed a significant influence, also when analyzed independently. The results show that special attention should be dedicated to the health of individuals facing hunger and of the older people

Environmental health · Inequality · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology