TY - JOUR
T1 - The competing effects of disease states on quality of life of the elderly
T2 - The case of urinary symptoms in men
AU - Mozes, B.
AU - Maor, Y.
AU - Shmueli, A.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - During the period 1993-1994 we conducted a study in Israel on a national-based sample of 960 men to examine the relationships between urinary symptoms and various domains of quality of life (QoL). Regression analyses were performed for each of the eight SF-36 domains, separately for the entire population and for those without any co-morbidity. The dependent variable was the SF-36 domain scores. The independent variables included age, origin, education, employment and economic status, the degree of disturbance caused by urinary symptoms and the existence of co-morbidities. There was a significant difference between the entire population and the population without co-morbidities. In the entire population we found that severely bothersome urinary symptoms were related to scores on three QoL domains (social function, role-emotional and mental health) but there was no association with physical functioning and general health perceptions. In men without co-morbidity, urinary symptoms were substantially related to physical functioning and general health perceptions. These findings indicate that the relative weight of the impact of a symptom or disease on QoL domains is changed by the presence of other competing factors, such as co-morbidities or sociodemographic attributes.
AB - During the period 1993-1994 we conducted a study in Israel on a national-based sample of 960 men to examine the relationships between urinary symptoms and various domains of quality of life (QoL). Regression analyses were performed for each of the eight SF-36 domains, separately for the entire population and for those without any co-morbidity. The dependent variable was the SF-36 domain scores. The independent variables included age, origin, education, employment and economic status, the degree of disturbance caused by urinary symptoms and the existence of co-morbidities. There was a significant difference between the entire population and the population without co-morbidities. In the entire population we found that severely bothersome urinary symptoms were related to scores on three QoL domains (social function, role-emotional and mental health) but there was no association with physical functioning and general health perceptions. In men without co-morbidity, urinary symptoms were substantially related to physical functioning and general health perceptions. These findings indicate that the relative weight of the impact of a symptom or disease on QoL domains is changed by the presence of other competing factors, such as co-morbidities or sociodemographic attributes.
KW - Health perception
KW - Physical functioning
KW - Population survey
KW - QoL
KW - SF-36 domains
KW - Urinary symptoms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032782893&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1026424911444
DO - 10.1023/A:1026424911444
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C2 - 10457742
AN - SCOPUS:0032782893
SN - 0962-9343
VL - 8
SP - 93
EP - 99
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
IS - 1-2
ER -