title: Perception of health status by homeless US veterans.
abstract: Perceptions of health status among 331 homeless veterans and homeless nonveterans were examined. Homeless veterans were significantly less apt to perceive their health as fair/poor (8%) compared to non-veteran homeless men (19%). Homeless veterans were also more likely to report having a regular source of care (57% versus 36%). Logistic regression analysis indicated the adjusted odds of fair/poor health were more than two times greater for persons reporting depressive symptomatology than for those without this history; veterans continue to remain less likely to report fair/poor health than nonveterans. High rates of substance abuse were observed for the entire sample. Such differences in perceived health result in important health access issues.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California-Los Angeles 90095-1702, USA. anyamath@sonnet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Adeline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nyamathi
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sands
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pattatucci-Aragón
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leake
authors.forename: Joan Earle
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morisky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006304:Health Status; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*