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

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

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

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;...

Authors

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

Dr Linda Lidborg linda.h.lidborg@durham.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Abstract

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.

Citation

Pfuhl, G., Prazeres, F., Kowal, M., Aavik, T., Abad-Villaverde, B., Afhami, R., Aguilar, L., Akello, G., Al-Shawaf, L., Antfolk, J., Atama, C. S., Duyar, D. A., Baiocco, R., Balım, S., Batres, C., Belkacem, Y., Besson, T., Bode, A., Boğa, M., Boudesseul, J., …Sorokowski, P. (2025). A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries. Public Health, 242, 220-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 20, 2025
Online Publication Date	Mar 23, 2025
Publication Date	2025-05
Deposit Date	Mar 27, 2025
Publicly Available Date	Mar 28, 2025
Journal	Public Health
Print ISSN	0033-3506
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	242
Pages	220-227
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030
Keywords	Mental health, Global health, Multiverse analysis, Communicable diseases
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3743083