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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2013

Health-related quality of life and comorbidity among older women veterans in the United States.

Claudia Der-Martirosian, Kristina M Cordasco, Donna L Washington

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Quality of Life for 19,114 participants in the ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) study and their association with sociodemographic and modifiable lifestyle risk factors.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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  16. Quality of life and comorbidity among older home care clients: role of positive attitudes toward aging.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015
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  18. "We Have a Long Way to Go:" A Case Study Examination of Older Women Veterans' Experiences in VA Primary Care.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia Der-MartirosianVeterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC), Department of Veterans Affairs, 16111 Plummer St., MS-152, North Hills, CA, 91343, USA, Claudia.Der-Martirosian@va.gov.
Kristina M Cordasco
Donna L Washington
RAND Corporation · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis paper examines the predictors of quality of life among older women (≥65 years of age) veterans in the United States focusing on the effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

methodsData from the National Survey of Women Veterans, a cross-sectional nationally representative population-based, stratified random sample of women veterans, were used with an analytic sample size of 1,379 older women veterans. The SF12 physical and mental composite scores (PCS and MCS) were used as outcome measures, and a weighted comorbidity index was used as a covariate.

resultsOlder women veterans who are married, employed, with higher income, and higher education have better physical health (PCS). For mental health, education is positively correlated, whereas depression and posttraumatic stress disorder are negatively correlated with MCS. After adjusting for socio-demographic, mental health, and chronic health indicators, the results showed that SF12 PCS varied by VA use status for each level of Seattle Index of Comorbidity. The same pattern was not found for MCS.

conclusionFor each level of comorbidity, VA users have worse HRQOL which might suggest that case mix adjustments comparing VA users and non-VA users must take into account more than comorbidity alone.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalHealth StatusQuality of LifeAgedComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHealth SurveysHumansPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSocioeconomic FactorsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesVeterans

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