ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2019
Cigarette Smoking and Health-related Quality of Life in the General Population of Iran: Independent Associations According to Gender.
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- National and Provincial Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking in Iran; A Systematic Analysis of 12 Years of STEPS Experience.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2023Article
- Smoking Behavior and Cigarette Expenditure in a Household: Evidence for Smoke-Free Houses Initiation in Indonesia.International journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- The Association Between Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Individuals Aged 40 Years and Older: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Smoking Status and Well-Being of Underserved African American Older Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Sharing Cigarette Smoking and COVID-19 Outbreak in a Party Group.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAssociations between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population remain unclear. The aim of the study was to quantify the independent associations between smoking and HRQoL.
methodsA cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on a total sample of 2197 participants obtained by multistage sampling to investigate the associations between smoking and HRQoL in the general population of southeast and southwest of Iran, aged 18-100 years in 2012-2013. Data were collected using a self-administrated of the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) questionnaire. Linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the associations between HRQoL and smoking while adjusting for various socioeconomic variables. In this study,
resultsOut of the total of 2197 participants, current smokers and never smokers accounted for 13% and 87%, respectively. The mean HRQoL indices were for the current smokers 66.66 ± 17.86, and never smokers 71.35 ± 18.47 (
conclusionsSmoking was independently related to HRQoL, with large differences according to the gender. This study showed that there is a significant difference in the quality of life related to health in male smokers compared to male nonsmokers.
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