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8 Health status and quality of life are distinct concepts; improvement with one doesn’t<br />

necessarily correlate with improvements in the other, yet both are important indicators of<br />

outcome. In a number of studies self-rated health has been found to be an excellent<br />

predictor of future health and so improvements in this will be important for long-term wellbeing<br />

even if benefits are not yet evident. The most widely used measure of self-rated<br />

health is a one-item rating scale used in the <strong>National</strong> Health Interview Survey (Idler and<br />

Angel, 2000).<br />

20/08/09<br />

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