| Title: | Quality of life and health status in middle-aged presumed healthy Slovenian family practice attendees |
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| Authors: | ID Tement, Matic (Author)
ID Selič-Zupančič, Polona (Author) |
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| Files: |  Tement-2021-QUALITY_OF_LIFE_AND_HEALTH_STATUS.pdf (488,49 KB)
MD5: F1C15FC6996EC5276202B60664080D52
 https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0026
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | MF - Faculty of Medicine
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| Abstract: | Background: There is a gap in our knowledge of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a population presumed healthy, so this study aimed to assess the associations between HRQoL, demographics and clinical variables.
Methods: The participants were attendees, presumed healthy, at 40 pre-selected model family medicine practices (MFMPs), aged between 30 and 65 years and recruited during a preventive check-up in 2019. Each MFMP pragmatically invited 30 attendees to voluntarily participate. The EQ-5D questionnaire was administered as a measure of HRQoL; the independent variables were demographic characteristics, smoking, alcohol consumption, stress perception, physical activity, signs of depression, cardiovascular risk, body mass index, blood pressure values, and blood sugar and lipidogram laboratory test values. Ordinal logistic regression was used to calculate associations between self-assessed quality of life, demographics, and clinical variables, with P<0.05 set as statistically significant.
Results: Of 986 participants, 640 (64.9%) were women and 346 (35.1%) men, aged 42.7+-8.6 years. The average values for the EQ-5D-3L were 0.9+1-0.15. In the multivariate model, a positive association between adequate physical activity (p=0.003), and a negative association between higher age (p<0.001), female gender (p=0.009), signs of depression (p<0.001), stress (p=0.013), and EQ-5D score were identified.
Conclusion: Given that physical activity was shown to be positively associated with HRQoL, it is of the utmost importance for family physicians to motivate their middle-aged patients, especially women and those with signs of depression and excessive stress, to adopt a more rigorously physically active lifestyle. |
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| Keywords: | health related quality of life, health status, family practice, middle-age, physical activity, depression, stress, coping |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 16.12.2020 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 11.02.2021 |
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| Publication date: | 28.06.2021 |
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| Publisher: | Zavod LRS za zdravstveno varstvo, Republiški zdravstveni center, Univerzitetni zavod za zdravstveno in socialno varstvo, Inštitut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije, Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 182-189 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 60, št. 3 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-91301  |
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| UDC: | 614 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0351-0026 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 69814275 |
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| DOI: | 10.2478/sjph-2021-0026 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 11.12.2024 |
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| Views: | 108 |
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| Downloads: | 17 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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