SELF-RATED HEALTH IN THE POPULATION OF MEDICAL WORKERS IN GEORGIA.

INTRODUCTION: Self-rated health status may be considered a good predictor of morbidity and mortality and is useful for understanding the sociodemographic, environmental, and clinical conditions associated with self-rated health. AIM: The aim of the study is to analyze self-rated health status in the population of medical workers in Georgia and its relationship with socio-economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical status, and work-related characteristics. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 471 participants aged 18 to 83 years (48+15), including 351 women and 120 men. All participants completed a self-administered questionnaire that included socio-economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical status, and job characteristics. Health was assessed by respondents as poor, average, good, or very good. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 23 software package. RESULTS: More than half of the study participants rated their health as average, 34% as good, and only a small proportion as very good and poor, namely 6% and 5%, respectively. The odds ratio of good or very good self-rated health increase with Physician - p=0.0320, OR=1.65 (95%CI:1.04-2.60); Therapist - p=0.0250, OR=1.94 (95%CI:1.09-3.46); Underweight - p=0.0190, OR=1.69 (95%CI:1.09-2.60) and decrease with Age - p<0.0001, OR=0.97 (95%CI:0.96-0.99); Professional burnout - p<0.0001, OR=0.33 (95%CI:0.18-0.58); Other workplace stress - p=0.0060, OR=0.48 (95%CI:0.28-0.81); Alcohol - p=0.0080, OR=0.20 (95%CI:0.06-0.66); Physical inactivity - p=0.0390, OR=0.63 (95%CI:0.40-0.98); Oncological Diseases - p=0.0230, OR=0.08 (95%CI:0.01-0.70); Fast food - p=0.0070, OR=0.55 (95%CI:0.35-0.85). CONCLUSIONS: Self-rated health among medical workers in Georgia is associated with psychosocial as well as behavioral and clinical factors-professional burnout, work stress, mental health problems, insomnia, overweight and physical inactivity, unhealthy eating behaviors, and self-medication. The relative odds of good and very good self-rated health increase with underweight status and the professional factors of being a physician and a therapist, and decrease with age, professional burnout, workplace stress, alcohol consumption, fast food, physical inactivity, and oncological diseases.