The first long-term study of the relationship between health and mortality has been found,
scientists found that people who always say they feel good have a lower risk of dying, according to a Feb. 11 report in the Daily Mail.
In this, the researchers also took into account other factors that affect longevity, including smoking, chronic disease, and high blood pressure.
The latest findings support the conclusion that positive thinking can promote good health.
In the 1970s, more than 8,000 people were asked to report their health at medical checkups.
Thirty years later, reassessed, scientists found that people who responded positively in the first place were more likely to be healthy than those who answered negatively.
The study found that people who described their health as “very poor” had a 3.3 times greater risk of death than those who felt good. Among female subjects, the rate was 1.9 times higher.
This is thought to be the first longitudinal study to show a link between self-measured health and mortality.
And as advocated by the World Health Organization, the concept of health is not the complete absence of disease, but the complete expression of physical, mental, and social well-being.