Brief report: contemplate your symptoms and re-evaluate your health. A study on working adults

Anna Andreasson; Helena Schiller; Torbjorn Akerstedt; Erik Berntson; Goran Kecklund; Mats Lekander

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Brief report: contemplate your symptoms and re-evaluate your health. A study on working adults

Anna Andreasson^*, Helena Schiller, Torbjorn Akerstedt, Erik Berntson, Goran Kecklund, Mats Lekander

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1562-1567
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	24
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317715090
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

interoception
psychoneuroimmunology
questionnaire methodology
self-rated health
subjective health perception
Sweden

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