Autoavaliação de saúde e sua associação com excesso de peso : uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

The Self Rated Health is an indicator of measurement that expresses the perception of health status that individuals have of themselves and is associated with various aspects of human life, such as physical and emotional components. It is a tool that allows monitoring both health and quality of life of populations. Due to the epidemic of obesity in the world, it would be interesting to verify the trial that overweight individuals do about their health status, which can take them or not to adopt healthy attitudes. Purpose - To analyze the relationship of Self Rated Health with Body Mass Index in adult and elderly populations from studies. Methods - It is an integrative review conducted in MEDLINE, without date restriction or place of publication. The studies were analyzed in terms of characteristics and associations between Self Rated Health and Body Mass Index. Results – Twenty five studies published between 1994 and 2013 were selected. All, except one, found a significant association between Self Rated Health poor/very poor and overweight/obesity. Overweight or obese women had worse self rated health than men under these conditions. Conclusions - The results point to the relevance of the use of the indicator Self Rated Health as an instrument for monitoring the overall health of populations in relation to the problem of overweight and obesity.