The impact of ethnicity, place of residence and socioeconomic status on health-related quality of life: results from a Greek health survey

Lahana, Eleni; Pappa, Evelina; Niakas, Dimitris

doi:10.1007/s00038-010-0171-2

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“…Since the prevalence of morbidity is higher in subjects of low SES, their risk for mortality might also be enhanced [4,6]. Scientific literature reports that a low SES is associated with poor health-related quality of life [14,15], which is congruent with our analyses. This might be a consequence of suffering from diverse diseases.…”

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confidence: 82%

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Social inequalities regarding health and health behaviour in Austrian adults

Burkert

Rásky

Freidl

2012

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Studies have shown that people of a low socioeconomic status (SES) show worse health and health behaviour as well as a higher mortality rate than subjects with a high SES. Studies concerning the association between mortality and SES in Austrian adults have been conducted before, but not regarding specific variables which have an influence on mortality. Therefore the aim of our study was to investigate whether Austrian adults with a high versus low SES differ concerning ill health, health-related behaviour, quality of life as well as use of medical care. Data of 12,892 subjects from the Austrian Health Interview Survey (ATHIS) 2006/2007 were analysed concerning these outcomes. Subjects with low SES differ significantly from those with high SES in terms of health behaviour (e.g. eating behaviour, physical activity) and quality of life. They report significantly more diseases (e.g. cardiac infarction) and use health services more often. Low SES has a strong negative impact on health in Austrian adults. Therefore, in Austria a continued strong public health programme is required with absolute priority on low-SES groups.

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confidence: 82%

“…Moreover, low social position is related to unfavourable psychosocial factors [13], poor health-related quality of life [14,15], and an enhanced prevalence of morbidity [4] and mortality [4,16,17].…”

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confidence: 99%

Social inequalities regarding health and health behaviour in Austrian adults

Burkert

Rásky

Freidl

2012

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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“…To date, there has been ongoing debate regarding the underlying causes that contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in HRQoL and thus health outcomes among research scholars and care providers (15,20). These debates are generally separated into 3 different groups of studies (19) including those looking at disease-related factors e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…workforce expertise and service availability. The differences found in HRQL by SES are commonly based on the studies conducted on a (specific) sample of the population or those focused on controllable risk factors for the diseases under investigation (18)(19)(20).…”

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confidence: 99%

Health-Related Quality of Life and Socioeconomic Status: Inequalities among Adults in West of Iran

Menati¹,

Baghbanian²,

Asadi‐Lari³

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the main determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), where people with lower SES experience more health problems, have a lower quality of life, and are exposed to have a greater number of healthrelated risk factors. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationships between HRQoL, SES, and several demographic factors among the residents of the city of Ilam (located at the West of Iran). Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 400 households from 3 districts of the city of Ilam in 2015. The participants were selected on the basis of the multistage sampling method. The second version of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12v2) questionnaire and the Wealth Index were used to measure HRQoL and SES, respectively.

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“…For example, the perceived health of the native Greek population is not better than that of the immigrant Albanian population (see for e.g., Lahana et al 2010). Also, mental disorders were not more prevalent among family reunification migrants (Norredam et al 2010).…”

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