TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief report
T2 - contemplate your symptoms and re-evaluate your health. A study on working adults
AU - Andreasson, Anna
AU - Schiller, Helena
AU - Akerstedt, Torbjorn
AU - Berntson, Erik
AU - Kecklund, Goran
AU - Lekander, Mats
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - We investigated whether self-ratings of health are affected by a symptom rating. A diary including a one-item self-rating of health ("pre-self-rated health"; 1 = excellent, 7 = very poor), a subsequent 26-item rating of symptoms, and thereafter a second (identical) health rating ("post-self-rated health") was completed by 820 persons 21 times. Self-rated health worsened significantly (p <.0001) after the symptom rating, from 2.72 pre-self-rated health (95% confidence interval: 2.70-2.74) to 2.77 post-self-rated health (95% confidence interval: 2.75-2.79) and more so in persons who reported more symptoms (b = .058, p <.05). The results support the notion that subjective health perception is influenced by attending to symptoms, especially so in persons with a high symptom burden.
AB - We investigated whether self-ratings of health are affected by a symptom rating. A diary including a one-item self-rating of health ("pre-self-rated health"; 1 = excellent, 7 = very poor), a subsequent 26-item rating of symptoms, and thereafter a second (identical) health rating ("post-self-rated health") was completed by 820 persons 21 times. Self-rated health worsened significantly (p <.0001) after the symptom rating, from 2.72 pre-self-rated health (95% confidence interval: 2.70-2.74) to 2.77 post-self-rated health (95% confidence interval: 2.75-2.79) and more so in persons who reported more symptoms (b = .058, p <.05). The results support the notion that subjective health perception is influenced by attending to symptoms, especially so in persons with a high symptom burden.
KW - interoception
KW - psychoneuroimmunology
KW - questionnaire methodology
KW - self-rated health
KW - subjective health perception
KW - Sweden
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058580153&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1359105317715090
DO - 10.1177/1359105317715090
M3 - Article
C2 - 28810478
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 24
SP - 1562
EP - 1567
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 11
ER -