A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries

Gerit Pfuhl; Filipe Prazeres; Marta Kowal; Toivo Aavik; Beatriz Abad-Villaverde; Reza Afhami; Leonardo Aguilar; Grace Akello; Laith Al-Shawaf; Jan Antfolk; Chiemezie S Atama; Derya Atamturk Duyar; Roberto Baiocco; Sercan Balım; Carlota Batres; Yakhlef Belkacem; Théo Besson; Adam Bode; Merve Boğa; Jordane Boudesseul; Mahmoud Boussena; Hamdaoui Brahim; Nana Burduli; Ali R Can; Hakan Cetinkaya; Antonio Chirumbolo; Dimitri Chubinidze; Clément Cornec; Bojana M Dinić; Seda Dural; Izzet Duyar; Samuel O Ebimgbo; Edgardo Etchezahar; Peter Fedor; Tomasz Frackowiak; David A Frederick; Katarzyna Galasinska; Felipe E García; Talia Gomez Yepes; Dmitry Grigoryev; Farida Guemaz; Ivana Hromatko; Gözde Ikizer; Steve M. J Janssen; Julia A Kamburidis; Tina Kavčič; Nicolas Kervyn; Farah Khan; Aleksander Kobylarek; Mehmet Koyuncu; Yoshihiko Kunisato; David Lacko; Miguel Landa-Blanco; Linda H Lidborg; Samuel Lins; Tetyana Mandzyk; Silvia Mari; Tiago A Marot; Martha Martinez-Banfi; Alan D. A Mattiassi; Marlon Mayorga-Lascano; Moises Mebarak; Norbert Meskó; Maria Rosa Miccoli; Vita Mikuličiūtė; Taciona L Milfont; Katarina Mišetić; Mara Morelli; Jean C Natividade; Izuchukwu L. G Ndukaihe; Felipe Novaes; Salma S Omar; Mohd Sofian Omar Fauzee; Tobias Otterbring; Barış Özener; Simon Ozer; Ju Hee Park; Irena Pavela Banai; Farid Pazhoohi; Mariia Perun; Martin Pírko; Ekaterine Pirtskhalava; Katarzyna Pisanski; Nejc Plohl; Koen Ponnet; Pavol Prokop; Matheus F. F Ribeiro; Frederico Rosário; Ayşegül Şahin; Fatima Zahra Sahli; Dušana Šakan; Oksana Senyk; Henrik Siepelmeyer; Diana Ribeiro da Silva; Sangeeta Singh; Çağlar Solak; Sinem Söylemez; Anna Studzinska; Chee-Seng Tan; Gulmira T Topanova; Merve Topcu Bulut; Ezgi Toplu-Demirtaş; Bastien Trémolière; Singha Tulyakul; Joaquín Ungaretti; Jaroslava V Valentova; Marco A.C Varella; Mona Vintila; Tatiana Volkodav; Anna Wlodarczyk; Yao-Yuan Yeh; Gyesook Yoo; Oulmann Zerhouni; Marcos Zumárraga-Espinosa; Maja Zupančič; Piotr Sorokowski

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030

Title	A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries
Authors	Pfuhl, Gerit ; Prazeres, Filipe ; Kowal, Marta ; Aavik, Toivo ; Abad-Villaverde, Beatriz ; Afhami, Reza ; Aguilar, Leonardo ; Akello, Grace ; Al-Shawaf, Laith ; Antfolk, Jan ; Atama, Chiemezie S ; Duyar, Derya Atamturk ; Baiocco, Roberto ; Balım, Sercan ; Batres, Carlota ; Belkacem, Yakhlef ; Besson, Théo ; Bode, Adam ; Boğa, Merve ; Boudesseul, Jordane ; Boussena, Mahmoud ; Brahim, Hamdaoui ; Burduli, Nana ; Can, Ali R ; Cetinkaya, Hakan ; Chirumbolo, Antonio ; Chubinidze, Dimitri ; Cornec, Clément ; Dinić, Bojana M ; Dural, Seda ; Duyar, Izzet ; Ebimgbo, Samuel O ; Etchezahar, Edgardo ; Fedor, Peter ; Frackowiak, Tomasz ; Frederick, David A ; Galasinska, Katarzyna ; García, Felipe E ; Yepes, Talia Gomez ; Grigoryev, Dmitry ; Guemaz, Farida ; Hromatko, Ivana ; Ikizer, Gözde ; Janssen, Steve M. J ; Kamburidis, Julia A ; Kavčič, Tina ; Kervyn, Nicolas ; Khan, Farah ; Kobylarek, Aleksander ; Koyuncu, Mehmet ; Kunisato, Yoshihiko ; Lacko, David ; Landa-Blanco, Miguel ; Lidborg, Linda H ; Lins, Samuel ; Mandzyk, Tetyana ; Mari, Silvia ; Marot, Tiago A ; Martinez-Banfi, Martha ; Mattiassi, Alan D. A ; Mayorga-Lascano, Marlon ; Mebarak, Moises ; Meskó, Norbert ; Miccoli, Maria Rosa ; Mikuličiūtė, Vita ; Milfont, Taciona L ; Mišetić, Katarina ; Morelli, Mara ; Natividade, Jean C ; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G ; Novaes, Felipe ; Omar, Salma S ; Fauzee, Mohd Sofian Omar ; Otterbring, Tobias ; Özener, Barış ; Ozer, Simon ; Park, Ju Hee ; Banai, Irena Pavela ; Pazhoohi, Farid ; Perun, Mariia ; Pírko, Martin ; Pirtskhalava, Ekaterine ; Pisanski, Katarzyna ; Plohl, Nejc ; Ponnet, Koen ; Prokop, Pavol ; Ribeiro, Matheus F. F ; Rosário, Frederico ; Şahin, Ayşegül ; Sahli, Fatima Zahra ; Šakan, Dušana ; Senyk, Oksana ; Siepelmeyer, Henrik ; Ribeiro da Silva, Diana ; Singh, Sangeeta ; Solak, Çağlar ; Söylemez, Sinem ; Studzinska, Anna ; Tan, Chee-Seng ; Topanova, Gulmira T ; Bulut, Merve Topcu ; Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi ; Trémolière, Bastien ; Tulyakul, Singha ; Ungaretti, Joaquín ; Valentova, Jaroslava V ; Varella, Marco A.C ; Vintila, Mona ; Volkodav, Tatiana ; Wlodarczyk, Anna ; Yeh, Yao-Yuan ; Yoo, Gyesook ; Zerhouni, Oulmann ; Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos ; Zupančič, Maja ; Sorokowski, Piotr
DOI	10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030
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Is Part of	Public health.. Elsevier B.V.. 2025, vol. 242, p. 220-227.. ISSN 0033-3506. eISSN 1476-5616
Keywords [eng]	communicable diseases ; global health ; mental health ; multiverse analysis
Abstract [eng]	Objectives: Infectious diseases are often associated with decline in quality of life. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personal history of communicable, i.e., infectious and parasitic diseases and self-rated health. Study design: Secondary analysis of a large dataset multi-country observational study. Methods: We used a four-pronged analysis approach to investigate whether personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases is related to self-reported health, measured with a single item. Results: Three of the four analyses found a small positive effect on self-reported health among those reporting a history of pathogen exposure. The meta-analysis found no support but large heterogeneity that was not reduced by two classifications of countries. Conclusion: Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases does not reduce self-reported health across a global sample.
Published	Elsevier B.V
Type	Journal article
Language	English
Publication date	2025
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