Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort
We aimed to evaluate the association between smoking, changes in smoking, and quality of life in a cohort of Spanish university graduates. Smoking habits were self-reported at baseline and four years later. Quality of life was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) at year 4. Statistical differenc...
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| author | Guitérrez-Bedmar, M. (Mario) Segui-Gomez, M. (María) Gomez-Gracia, E. (Enrique) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
| author_facet | Guitérrez-Bedmar, M. (Mario) Segui-Gomez, M. (María) Gomez-Gracia, E. (Enrique) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
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| description | We aimed to evaluate the association between smoking, changes in smoking, and quality of life in a cohort of Spanish university graduates. Smoking habits were self-reported at baseline and four years later. Quality of life was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) at year 4. Statistical differences in SF-36 scores between groups were determined using ANCOVA with age and sex as covariates. Out of 5,234 eligible participants over 2000-2006, there were 2,639 non-smoker participants, 1,419 ex-smokers, and 1,048 smokers. Within the previous four years, 435 participants became recent quitters and 205 starters. Comparing smoking and health status in year 4, non-smokers showed better scores than the other categories of ever smoking in all dimensions except in the vitality scale value, which was similar in non-smokers and in those smoking less than 15 cigarettes/day. Comparing changes in smoking and health in year 4, continuing smokers had statistically significant worse scores than non-smokers in general health, social functioning, role-emotional and mental health, whereas recent quitters showed statistically significant improvements in role-emotional and mental health over those who had continued smoking or those who became smokers. Our findings support a dose-response relationship between cigarette consumption and a worse quality of life in general and mental health in particular. They also support that changes in smoking have an impact on health. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-370802022-06-29T09:41:39Z Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort Guitérrez-Bedmar, M. (Mario) Segui-Gomez, M. (María) Gomez-Gracia, E. (Enrique) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Health related quality of life SF-36 Tobacco We aimed to evaluate the association between smoking, changes in smoking, and quality of life in a cohort of Spanish university graduates. Smoking habits were self-reported at baseline and four years later. Quality of life was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) at year 4. Statistical differences in SF-36 scores between groups were determined using ANCOVA with age and sex as covariates. Out of 5,234 eligible participants over 2000-2006, there were 2,639 non-smoker participants, 1,419 ex-smokers, and 1,048 smokers. Within the previous four years, 435 participants became recent quitters and 205 starters. Comparing smoking and health status in year 4, non-smokers showed better scores than the other categories of ever smoking in all dimensions except in the vitality scale value, which was similar in non-smokers and in those smoking less than 15 cigarettes/day. Comparing changes in smoking and health in year 4, continuing smokers had statistically significant worse scores than non-smokers in general health, social functioning, role-emotional and mental health, whereas recent quitters showed statistically significant improvements in role-emotional and mental health over those who had continued smoking or those who became smokers. Our findings support a dose-response relationship between cigarette consumption and a worse quality of life in general and mental health in particular. They also support that changes in smoking have an impact on health. 2014-11-24T09:26:48Z 2014-11-24T09:26:48Z 2009 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/37080 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf MDPI |
| spellingShingle | Health related quality of life SF-36 Tobacco Guitérrez-Bedmar, M. (Mario) Segui-Gomez, M. (María) Gomez-Gracia, E. (Enrique) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title | Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title_full | Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title_fullStr | Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title_short | Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra") cohort |
| title_sort | smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the sun ("seguimiento universidad de navarra") cohort |
| topic | Health related quality of life SF-36 Tobacco |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/37080 |
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