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ArticleZeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health2018

Relationship between health-related quality of life and respiratory health status among coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India.

Mousumi Biswas, Kaushik Chattopadhyay

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Article in Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mousumi Biswas1Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, YO10 4DU UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6781-7400
Kaushik Chattopadhyay2Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany coal-based sponge iron plant workers have poor health-related quality of life in general, and specifically a poor respiratory health status. However, the relationship between their health-related quality of life and respiratory health status is unknown.

aimThis study investigated the relationship between health-related quality of life, measured using the EuroQol-5D (EQ5D), and respiratory health status, measured using the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), among coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India.

methodA cross-sectional study was conducted among coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, and complete data were available on 252 participants. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were reported to show the strength of relationship between health-related quality of life and respiratory health status. RESULTS AND

conclusionSignificant correlations were found between all EQ5D dimensions/visual analogue scale (VAS) and all SGRQ scores except between EQ5D-VAS and SGRQ-activity. A range of correlations was found. They were moderate between EQ5D-anxiety/depression and SGRQ-symptom, EQ5D-VAS and SGRQ-symptom, and EQ5D-anxiety/depression and SGRQ-total, but weak between all the other factors.

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EQ5DHealth-related quality of lifeRespiratory health statusSGRQ

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PMID29780689
PMCPMC5948262

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