ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2016
Smoking status and health-related quality of life: a longitudinal study in young adults.
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- Smoking cessation for improving mental health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Men's Smoking Trajectories and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Whole Family: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of Models to Predict Poor Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Association between knee symptoms, change in knee symptoms over 6-9 years, and SF-6D health state utility among middle-aged Australians.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Smoking Status and Well-Being of Underserved African American Older Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic status, social support, oral health beliefs, psychosocial factors, health behaviours and health-related quality of life in adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- The relationship between peer relations, self-rated health and smoking behaviour in secondary vocational schools.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Smoking and Quality of Life - Is there really an association? Evidence from a Nepalese sample.PloS one · 2019Article
- Genetic variationsOncotarget · 2018Article
- Application of the short form of quality of life instrument version 2 in a large population of Tehran.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2018Article
- Relationship between Tobacco Use and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among Clients in Substance Use Disorders Treatment.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe possibility that tobacco use affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has attracted interest. However, a lack of prospective evidence weakens the case for a causal relationship. The aim was to examine the longitudinal relationship between change in smoking status and change in HRQoL in young adults.
methodsWe conducted a population-based cohort study with data collected in 2004-2006 (aged 26-36) and 2009-2011 (aged 31-41). Exposure was change in self-reported smoking status during follow-up. Outcomes were changes in physical and mental HRQoL measured by SF-12.
resultsFor physical HRQoL (n = 2080), quitters had a 2.12 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.73, 3.51) point improvement than continuing smokers, whereas former smokers who resumed smoking had a 2.08 (95 % CI 0.21, 3.94) point reduction than those who maintained cessation. Resumed smokers were 39 % (95 % CI 10, 75 %) more likely to have a clinically significant (>5 point) reduction of physical HRQoL than former smokers who maintained cessation. In contrast, quitters were 43 % (95 % CI 3, 98 %) more likely to have a clinically significant (>5 point) improvement in physical HRQoL than continuing smokers. Change in smoking status was not significantly associated with change in mental HRQoL (n = 1788).
conclusionsSmoking by young adults was cross-sectionally associated with lower physical HRQoL and longitudinally associated with reductions in physical HRQoL. The expectation of short- to medium-term gains in physical HRQoL as well as long-term health benefits may help motivate young adult smokers to quit.
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