Anes, EugéniaFernandes, AdíliaMagalhães, Carlos PiresPimentel, Maria HelenaMata, Maria AugustaSousa, FilomenaBrás, Manuel Alberto2014-05-302014-05-302014Anes, Eugénia; Fernandes, Adília; Magalhães, Carlos Pires; Pimentel, Maria Helena; Mata, Maria Augusta; Sousa, Filomena; Brás, Manuel (2014). Perceived health status in people over 65 years. Revista de Saúde Pública. ISSN 0034-8910. 48 (n.esp), p. 149-1490034-8910http://hdl.handle.net/10198/9594The assessment of the health status perception is increasingly used in monitoring the health of populations. This assessment is useful to the planning of a comprehensive, multidimensional and dynamic intervention in the elderly, envisaging a successful aging.The area of residence is one of the determining factors to the perception of health status and may also condition its relationship with other factors which affect health (Araujo & Ramos Lopes, 2011).engHealth status perceptionElderlyRural livingHealth determinantsSF-36v2Quality of lifeconference object