Improving the quality of life in low-income neighbourhoods occupied by tenants

Background and Objectives: preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a common spirometric pattern that causes respiratory symptoms, systemic inflammation, and mortality. However, its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its associated factors remain unclear. We aimed to identify these HRQOL-related factors and investigate the differences in HROOL between persons with PRISm and those with normal lung function. Materials and Methods: we reviewed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2008 to 2013 to evaluate the HRQOL of persons with PRISm, as measured while using the Euro Quality of Life-5D (EQ-5D) and identify any influencing factors. PRISm was defined as pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) <80% predicted and FEV1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio (FEV1/FVC) ≥0.7. Individuals with FEV1 ≥80% predicted and FEV1/FVC ≥0.7 were considered as Controls. Results: of the 27,824 participants over the age of 40 years, 1875 had PRISm. The age- and sex-adjusted EQ-5D index was lower in the PRISm group than in the control group (PRISm, 0.930; control, 0.941; p = 0.005). The participants with PRISm showed a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension (p < 0.001), diabetes (p < 0.001), obesity (p < 0.001), low physical activity (p = 0.001), ever-smoker (p < 0.001), and low income (p = 0.034) than those in the control group. In participants with PRISm, lower EQ-5D index scores were independently associated with old age (p = 0.002), low income (p < 0.001), low education level (p < 0.001), and no economic activity (p < 0.001). Three out of five EQ-5D dimensions (mobility, self-care, and usual activity) indicated a higher proportion of dissatisfied participants in the PRISm group than the control group. Conclusions: the participants with PRISm were identified to have poor HRQOL when compared to those without PRISm. Old age and low socioeconomic status play important roles in HRQOL deterioration in patients with PRISm. By analyzing risk factors that are associated with poor HRQOL, early detection and intervention of PRISm can be done in order to preserve patients’ quality of life.

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Living with disabling chronic pain: results from a face-to-face cross-sectional population-based study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020913 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. e020913 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Andrés Cabrera-León ◽

Miguel Ángel Cantero-Braojos ◽

Llenalia Garcia-Fernandez ◽

Juan Antonio Guerra de Hoyos

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Social Status ◽

Low Income ◽

Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Face To Face

ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of disabling chronic pain (DCP) in Spanish adults, to analyse its characteristics, to determine its multimorbidity and to identify its associated factors.Settings2011 Andalusian Health Survey, a cross-sectional population survey based on face-to-face home interviews.Participants6507 people aged 16 years or older and living in Andalusia, Spain.OutcomesThe response variable was disabling chronic pain. Multivariate multinomial logistic regression models were used to analyse the association of factors with disabling chronic pain. The sample design was considered throughout the statistical analysis.ResultsThe prevalence of disabling chronic pain in the Spanish adult population was 11.36% (95% CI 11.23 to 11.49), while that of non-disabling chronic pain was 5.67% (95% CI 5.57 to 5.77). Disabling chronic pain was associated with high multimorbidity (especially in women (51%) and in the elderly (70%) with three or more additional chronic diseases), as well as with disadvantaged social status (such as female gender (OR=2.12), advanced age (OR10-year increase=1.28), unemployment (OR=1.33), manual work (OR=1.26), low income (OR=1.14) and reduced emotional social support (OR=1.04)). Other influential factors were tobacco consumption (OR=1.42), sleeping ≤7 hours (OR=1.2)], environmental or work conditions (OR=1.16) and quality of life (ORmental=1.21, ORphysical=2.37).ConclusionsThe population with disabling chronic pain was associated with multimorbidity, vulnerable social status and an impaired quality of life. In contrast, the population with non-disabling chronic pain showed almost no differences when compared with the population without chronic pain. The association between DCP and mental disorders highlights the need for psychosocial services in the management of chronic pain.

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How Social Participation Benefits the Chronically Ill: Self-Management as a Mediating Pathway

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264318761909 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (7) ◽

pp. 1134-1154 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Shannon Ang

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Participation ◽

Low Income ◽

Chronically Ill ◽

Self Management ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Causal Mediation Analysis

Objective: Few studies have tested the purported causal mechanisms between social participation and health, especially among those in poor health. This study aimed to determine whether self-management of chronic disease operates as a pathway through which social participation affects health-related quality of life. Method: I utilized causal mediation analysis among 600 low-income older Singaporeans living with chronic conditions, to test whether self-management mediates the association between social participation and health-related quality of life. Results: Results show that self-management fully mediated the positive effect of informal social participation on health-related quality of life. Formal social participation was found to have a negative direct effect on health-related quality of life. Discussion: These findings reiterate the primacy of family and friends for older adults, but highlight that a better understanding of formal engagement with the low-income population is still needed.

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Depression and Health-related Quality of Life for Low-income African-American Women in the U.S.

Quality of Life Research ◽

10.1007/s11136-005-6541-1 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (10) ◽

pp. 2293-2301 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Lori B. Frank ◽

Louis S. Matza ◽

Dennis A. Revicki ◽

Joyce Y. Chung

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

African American ◽

African American Women ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

American Women ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

The U.S

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Quality of Life and the Architecture of Low-income Neighborhoods

Architecture and Urbanism: A Smart Outlook ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-52584-2_24 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 341-355

Author(s):

Aliaa Ahmad ◽

Yasser Mansour ◽

Muhammad Gabr ◽

Marwa H. Khalil

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Low Income

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The Effect of Nature Based Environmental Education on the Health Related Quality of Life of Low Income Black and Hispanic Youth

ISEE Conference Abstracts ◽

10.1289/isee.2020.virtual.p-0215 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (1) ◽

Author(s):

N. Sprague ◽

C.C. Ekenga

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Low Income ◽

Hispanic Youth ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Universal Basic Income: Reflections on the Possible Impac on Improving the Living Standards and Quality of Life and the Sustainability of Society

Level of Life of the Population of Regions of Russia ◽

10.19181/1999-9836-2019-10069 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 8-24

Author(s):

Vyacheslav Bobkov ◽

Nikolay Dolgushkin ◽

Yelena Odintsova

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Low Income ◽

Social Protection ◽

Social Systems ◽

Basic Income ◽

Social Reforms ◽

Standards Of Living ◽

Wide Range ◽

Transitional Forms

The article is devoted to the study of the possible impact of the introduction of universal basic income on improving the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies. The theoretical part of the article reveals the problems that require further study of the category of " universal basic income" (UBI), such as its relationship with the transformation of the state and society, labour and employment, the standards of living and quality of life; the reasons for the introduction and tasks that are solved with the use of UBI, contradictions and limitations of this tool of political, economic and social reforms. In the practical part of the article on the basis of systematization of the most important experiments on the introduction of UBI the conclusion of the transitional forms of its experimental implementation is made: the conditionality (for the target categories of citizens), not the unconditionality of payments, limited period of payment, small size, commensurate with the national subsistence minimum. All this does not allow us to consider this payment as a basic one with all its local impact on the transformation of social systems in the countries concerned. The conclusion is made about the embryonic practical application of UBI elements in Rossiya. A number of recommendations for additions to the testing elements of the universal basic income in our country have been elaborated: to increase per capita income after the provision of targeted social support to low-income sections of the population; to select the trajectories of employment for registered unemployed persons; to reduce the time transitions of graduates from educational institutions to stable or satisfactory employment; and to increase the level of security for the employed with a wide range of characteristics of precarity of employment. The Object of the Study is country societies and their separate regional and social groups.The Subject of the Study is the transformation of employment, social protection and sustainability of societies in connection with the introduction of elements of universal basic income.The Purpose of the Study is identifying hypothetical possibilities of influence on the improvement of the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies by the introduction of universal basic income and analysing the results of testing its transitional forms.

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