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Impaired quality of life of healthy young smokers.
Martinez, José Antônio Baddini; Mota, Gustavo Assis; Vianna, Elcio Santos Oliveira; Filho, João Terra; Silva, Gerusa Alves; Rodrigues, António Luiz.
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  • Martinez JA; Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, CEP: 14048-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. jabmarti@fmrp.usp.br
Chest ; 125(2): 425-8, 2004 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14769719
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQL) profile of healthy young subjects with a short smoking history. DESIGN: Observational data at a single point in time. SETTING: Survey in two public universities. PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-seven smoker students without any comorbidities (39 men; mean +/- SD age, 20.5 +/- 2.0 years). A control group for HRQL measurements was composed of 97 healthy, never-smoker students from the same universities (55 men; mean +/- SD age, 20.6 +/- 2.0 years). INTERVENTIONS: All subjects were blinded to the study proposal, and answered autoapplicable forms dealing with healthy habits, smoking, and the 36-item short form questionnaire. RESULTS: Never-smokers showed higher mean quality-of-life scores than smokers in all domains. Statistically significant differences were observed for the domains physical functioning (86.5 +/- 12.9 vs 93.4 +/- 9.6), general health perceptions (64.3 +/- 19.8 vs 79.2 +/- 13.4), vitality (58.4 +/- 20.0 vs 64.6 +/- 16.5), social functioning (59.3 +/- 19.7 vs 76.3 +/- 19.6), and mental health index (66.4 +/- 21.1 vs 71.9 +/- 15.5). CONCLUSIONS: Healthy, light-to-moderate smokers with a short smoking history show significant impairment in physical and mental domains of HRQL in comparison to never-smokers. A better elucidation of these aspects may provide useful information for planning smoking-cessation interventions.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Tabagismo / Atitude Frente a Saúde / Fumar Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Chest Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Tabagismo / Atitude Frente a Saúde / Fumar Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Chest Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos