Facteurs prédictifs de mauvaise santé perçue chez les hommes âgés sénégalais

The objective of this study was to identify predictors of poor self-rated health in an elderly Senegalese male population of patients utilizing the Social and Health Center of IPRES, Dakar-Senegal for health care. During a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 546 elderly males aged 55 years and over utilizing the health center, data on sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, social network, past medical history, and self-rated health were collected. The patients had a mean age of 68 years (±7.4), were married, and educated with high social network. Self-rated health was poor (72.3 %). Family history of dementia, stroke, epilepsy, head injury, illiteracy and weak social network were predictive of poor self-rated health while being married and aged 60-74 years were protective. It is necessary to take into account these results to access public policy health care for the elderly in Senegal.