Health-related quality of life and socioeconomic status of imprisoned middle-age and elderly persons

Background and Purpose— Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and the number of stroke survivors is projected to rise. Physical functioning status may be compromised in survivors living in low socioeconomic status environments in comparison to higher socioeconomic status environments. Higher socioeconomic status environments may include benefits in the built environment such as sidewalks, accessible transit, or low traffic volume. Investigation is needed to understand the effects of the socioenvironmental context on trajectories of stroke survivors’ physical health-related quality of life (PH-QOL) over time. Methods— Participants from the REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study enrolled in the ancillary Caring for Adults Recovering from the Effects of Stroke project completed the SF-12 around 6 to 12, 18, 27, and 36 months poststroke. Measures of area-level income, wealth, education, and employment at the census tract level were combined to represent participants’ neighborhood socioeconomic status. Linear mixed models were used to predict trajectories of PH-QOL over time, controlling for individual characteristics. Results— The average trajectory of PH-QOL was flat over time. However, women and younger stroke survivors had better trajectories over time than men and older stroke survivors. Higher neighborhood socioeconomic status was significantly associated with better PH-QOL across all time points (β=1.73; 95% CI, 0.17–3.30), after controlling for demographic variables and severity of stroke. Conclusions— Our findings demonstrate that neighborhood socioeconomic status, sex, and age are associated with the poststroke recovery process. The results of this study suggest the importance of evaluating the environment surrounding stroke survivors when they return to their home communities. Future research should identify specific features of the environment within different socioeconomic status neighborhoods to better understand how they contribute to PH-QOL among stroke survivors.

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Family socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy: Assessing differences between clinical and healthy samples

Paediatrics Today ◽

10.5457/p2005-114.74 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 183-191 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alma Glinac ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Socioeconomic Status And Health

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Socioeconomic Characteristics, Oral Care Habits and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among the Parents of Pre-School Children in Klaipėda

Applied Research In Health And Social Sciences: Interface And Interaction ◽

10.1515/arhss-2016-0004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 27-39

Author(s):

Jurgita Andruškienė ◽

Šarūnė Barsevičienė ◽

Lijana Dvarionaitė ◽

Jūratė Grubliauskienė ◽

Asta Mažionienė

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Oral Health ◽

School Children ◽

Oral Care ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Major Work ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

AbstractThere is a lack of data about oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among the parents of pre-school children, especially in Lithuania and the relationships among socio-economic status, oral care habits and OHRQoL. Research questions: is OHRQoL influenced by socioeconomic status or oral care habits? Research focus – oral health-related quality of life among the parents of pre-school children. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships among socioeconomic status, oral care habits and oral helath-related quality of life among the parents of pre-school children in Klaipeda. The study sample consisted of 375 parents (mother or father) of pre-school children. The questionnaire survey was conducted at randomly selected 23 kindergartens in Klaipeda city. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic and oral care habits questions. All the participants were examined by self-administered OIDP questionnaire, which measured oral impacts on physical, psychological and social aspects of daily performances. The highest overall impact on OHRQoL among the parents of pre-school children was observed in the domain of Carrying out major work or role (73.0), the lowest one in the Eating and enjoying food (25.74) domain. Mean OIDP score was significantly higher among the parents whose socioeconomic status was low (35.44), reflecting poorer OHRQoL, as compared with high (8.07) socioeconomic status. Parents with poor oral care habits significantly more frequently were affected (79.2%) in Smiling, laughing domain, as compared to the parents whose oral care habits were good (20.8%). Lower socioeconomic status and poorer oral care habits were related with worsened oral health-related quality of life, especially in the area of psychological performances.

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