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The competing effects of disease states on quality of life of the elderly: the case of urinary symptoms in men.
Mozes, B; Maor, Y; Shmueli, A.
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  • Mozes B; Center for the Study of Clinical Reasoning, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. benjamin@post.tau.ac.il
Qual Life Res ; 8(1-2): 93-9, 1999.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10457742
During the period 1993-1994 we conducted a study in Israel on a national-based sample of 960 men to examine the relationships between urinary symptoms and various domains of quality of life (QoL). Regression analyses were performed for each of the eight SF-36 domains, separately for the entire population and for those--without any co-morbidity. The dependent variable was the SF-36 domain scores. The independent variables included age, origin, education, employment and economic status, the degree of disturbance caused by urinary symptoms and the existence of co-morbidities. There was a significant difference between the entire population and the population without co-morbidities. In the entire population we found that severely bothersome urinary symptoms were related to scores on three QoL domains (social function, role-emotional and mental health) but there was no association with physical functioning and general health perceptions. In men without co-morbidity, urinary symptoms were substantially related to physical functioning and general health perceptions. These findings indicate that the relative weight of the impact of a symptom or disease on QoL domains is changed by the presence of other competing factors, such as co-morbidities or sociodemographic attributes.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Hiperplasia Prostática / Calidad de Vida / Trastornos Urinarios / Anciano / Estado de Salud Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Límite: Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Qual Life Res Asunto de la revista: REABILITACAO / TERAPEUTICA Año: 1999 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Israel Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Hiperplasia Prostática / Calidad de Vida / Trastornos Urinarios / Anciano / Estado de Salud Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Límite: Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Qual Life Res Asunto de la revista: REABILITACAO / TERAPEUTICA Año: 1999 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Israel Pais de publicación: Países Bajos