Patterns of alcohol consumption and health-related quality of life in older adults

Ortolá, Rosario; Galán, Iñaki; Rodríguez‐Artalejo, Fernando

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.12.012

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“…Regarding the association between smoking and HRQoL, the findings in this study were not in agreement with inverse association [108][109][110][111][112]. Regarding the association between alcohol drinking and HRQoL, the findings in this study were in line with positive association between alcohol drinking and physical HRQoL [113][114], positive association between alcohol consumption and higher HRQoL in female [115]. The findings in this study were not in line with negative associations [116][117][118][119] in the early studies.…”

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Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

Han¹

2020

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Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures are being used in increasingly diverse populations. However, there have no known studies to date to examine the associations between perceived environmental pollution and HRQoL in a Chinese adult population. This study aimed to report the associations between air, water, noise pollution and HRQoL among Chinese populations. Methods A cross-sectional survey data was used from East Asian Social Survey 2010 with a sample of 3866 Chinese populations in environmental pollution. HRQoL was computed by SF-12 and reflected by physical and mental component summary score (PCS & MCS). Ordinary least regression analyses were used to examine associations between perceived environmental pollution and PCS and MCS scores. Models in SPSS PROCESS were selected to demonstrate the moderating and mediating effects. Results Only considering one pollutant, perceived air pollution and perceived water pollution had significant associations with PCS and MCS scores. Perceived noise pollution had significant associations with PCS scores. Perceived air×noise, air×water, noise×water, and air×noise×water pollution had significant associations with PCS and MCS scores. Conditional (moderated) mediation showed that there were no moderating effects and mediating effects of perceived one pollutant on another pollutant. Conclusions Co-occurring perceived environmental pollution were mainly associated with progressive increase in PCS and MCS scores among the Chinese adult population. These results suggested that some effective policies should be carried out to improve environmental quality across Chinese adult population.

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Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

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2020

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“…Regarding the association between alcohol drinking and HRQoL, the findings in this study were in line with positive association between alcohol drinking and physical HRQoL [73], positive association between alcohol consumption and higher HRQoL in female [74]. The findings in this study were not in line with negative associations [75] in the early studies.…”

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confidence: 50%

Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

Han¹

2020

Preprint

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Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures are being used in increasingly diverse populations. However, there have no known studies to date to examine the associations between perceived environmental pollution and HRQoL in a Chinese adult population. This study aimed to report the associations between air, water, noise pollution and HRQoL among Chinese populations.Methods A cross-sectional survey data was used from East Asian Social Survey 2010 with a sample of 3866 Chinese populations in environmental pollution. HRQoL was computed by SF-12 and reflected by physical and mental component summary score (PCS & MCS). Ordinary least regression analyses were used to examine associations between perceived environmental pollution and PCS and MCS scores. Models in SPSS PROCESS were selected to demonstrate the moderating and mediating effects.Results Only considering one pollutant, perceived air pollution and perceived water pollution had significant associations with PCS and MCS scores. Perceived noise pollution had significant associations with PCS scores. Perceived air×noise, air×water, noise×water, and air×noise×water pollution had significant associations with PCS and MCS scores. Conditional (moderated) mediation showed that there were no moderating effects and mediating effects of perceived one pollutant on another pollutant.Conclusions Co-occurring perceived environmental pollution were mainly associated with progressive increase in PCS and MCS scores among the Chinese adult population. These results suggested that some effective policies should be carried out to improve environmental quality across Chinese adult population.

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“…Finally, sensible drinkers had a better HRQOL of the psychological domain compared to the hazardous drinkers. Studies showed that moderate to heavy drinkers had a lower HRQOL (mental health) than nondrinkers or occasionally drinkers [40,41]. Alcohol consumption can impair an individual's cognitive and altered consciousness.…”

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Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus at the University of Gondar referral hospital

Aschalew

Yitayal

Minyihun

2020

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Background: Diabetes mellitus, which has a wide range of effects on the physical, social and psychological aspects of the well-being of a person, is a common and challenging chronic disease that causes a significant rate of morbidity and mortality. However, studies in our country, by and large, focused on the impact of the disease in terms of mortality and morbidity alone. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and associated factors of diabetic patients at the University of Gondar referral hospital, Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Gondar referral hospital from April to May 2017. A generic World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was used to measure the HRQOL. The data were analyzed by Stata version 12. Multiple Linear Regression analysis with P-value 0.05 was used to measure the degree of association between HRQOL and independent variables. Results: A total of 408 patients with Diabetes Mellitus were included in the study. The HRQOL scores for physical, psychological, social and environmental domains were 50.9, 54.5, 55.8 and 47.3, respectively. Diabetes-related complications had a significant association with all except the psychological domain. Higher HRQOL was associated with exercising, following the recommended diet, foot care, sensible drinking and the absence of co-morbidities. However, old age, unemployment and being single and widower had a significant association with lower HRQOL. Conclusion: The environmental and physical domains of HRQOL scores were the lowest compared to the social and psychological domains. Old age and living in rural area had a significant association with a lower HRQOL, whereas the absence of diabetes-related complications, exercising, general diet and foot care had a significant association with better HRQOL of patients. Therefore, strong advice on the recommended lifestyle is important, and old patients and rural dwellers should get due attention. In addition, the prevention of diabetes-related complications is important to improve the patient HRQOL which is an important outcome measurement from the patient's perspective related to the impact of the disease. Therefore, including HRQOL assessment as part of routine management is necessary.

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Patterns of alcohol consumption and health-related quality of life in older adults

Cited by 29 publications

References 36 publications

Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus at the University of Gondar referral hospital

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