title: Usefulness of a single-item general self-rated health question to predict mortality 12 months after an acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A single-item general self-rated health (GSRH) question consistently predicts mortality in community cohort studies, but has not been examined in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated whether a single-item GSRH question predicted mortality 12 months post-discharge in 800 ACS patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship of the single-item GSRH question with mortality, controlling for cardiac risk factors, including depressive symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The single-item GSHR question was associated with mortality on a bivariable basis (odds ratio=0.50, 95% confidence interval=0.28-0.92, P=0.027), but was not significant after controlling for other risk factors (odds ratio=0.80, 95% confidence interval=0.40-1.60, P=0.522).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. brett.thombs@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Brett D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Thombs
authors.forename: Roy C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ziegelstein
authors.forename: Donna E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Abbey
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parakh
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Grace
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires