title: Associated factors to self-rated health among hypertensive and/or diabetic elderly: results from Bambuí project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated the associated factors with negative self-rated health among hypertensive and/or diabetic elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the participants of Bambuí Project elderly cohort who suffered from hypertension and/or diabetes and who answered the questionnaire without the help of a close informant were selected for this (n = 942). Covariates encompassed sociodemographic characteristics, social support, health behaviors, health status and use of health services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Negative self-rated health showed positively associated with dissatisfaction with social relations (PR = 1.98, 95%CI 1.42 - 2.76), attendance at religious services less than once a month (PR = 1.96, 95%CI 1.44 - 2.68; be smokers (PR = 1.64, 95%CI 1.24 - 2.17), presence of arthritis (PR = 1.35, 95%CI 1.07 - 1.71), depressive symptoms (PR = 1.81, 95%CI 1.37 - 2.39) and insomnia (PR = 1.37, 95%CI 1.06 - 1.78), having consulted the doctor two or more times in the last twelve months (PR = 2.18; 95%CI 1.14 - 4.19 and PR = 3.96; 95%CI 2.10 - 7.48, respectively for "2 - 3" and "4+" visits), and have hypertension and diabetes (compared to the isolated presence of hypertension)
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results confirmed the multidimensional nature of self-rated health and were consistent with that observed in other national and international studies.
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies in Public Health and Aging, Center for Research Rene Rachou/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Ignacio
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: de Loyola Filho
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies in Public Health and Aging, Center for Research Rene Rachou/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Josélia de Oliveira Araújo
authors.initials: Jde O
authors.lastname: Firmo
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies in Public Health and Aging, Center for Research Rene Rachou/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchôa
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies in Public Health and Aging, Center for Research Rene Rachou/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lima-Costa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires