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Abstract
Objective - To examine whether a Current Health scale produces reliable and valid measures of self perceived health status.
Design - Examination of reliability, based on internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient). Examination of validity focusing on convergent and discriminant validity.
Subjects - 2263 male and female heads of households who participated in the Danish Health Study 1982-83. the survey used items pertaining to health status from Rand's Health Insurance Study.
Results - the scale has acceptable properties and is preferable to a single item measure of general health status. It can be used in general practice.