Relationship between residential district and health-related quality of life in Chungnam industrial complex area
Environmental Health and Toxicology
; : e2016017-2016.
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in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-162232
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between residential district of people, such as power plant, steel-mill and petrochemical industries, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).METHODS:
Using a cross-sectional study design, we randomly recruited participants for our study from industrial areas (thermoelectric power plant, steel-mill, petrochemical industry) and rural areas. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the relationships between Euro quality of life-5 dimension (EQ-5D) scores and living region, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics.RESULTS:
In adjusted model, quality of life decreased with increasing category of age and were lower for females than males. EQ-5D scores of people living in the vicinity of thermoelectric power plant were significant lower than those of people living the vicinity of comparison region (odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.00 to 2.53).CONCLUSIONS:
Living region of thermoelectric power plant, was strongly associated with scores on the EQ-5D. More research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms which makes the relationship with the living regions and HRQoL.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Power Plants
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Quality of Life
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Logistic Models
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Republic of Korea
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Environmental Health and Toxicology
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article