Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Qual Life Res
• Personal Author:
  Knoeller, Gretchen E. ; Mazurek, Jacek M. ; Moorman, Jeanne E.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  The objective of this study was to examine health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma.
  
  Methods
  
  We analyzed 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey data for ever-employed adults with current asthma from 38 states and District of Columbia. Individuals with work-related asthma had been told by a doctor or other health professional that their asthma was related to any job they ever had. Health-related quality of life indicators included poor self-rated health, impaired physical health, impaired mental health, and activity limitation. We calculated prevalence ratios (PRs) adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, and health insurance.
  
  Results
  
  Of ever-employed adults with current asthma, an estimated 9.0 % had work-related asthma, 26.9 % had poor self-rated health, 20.6 % had impaired physical health, 18.2 % had impaired mental health, and 10.2 % had activity limitation. Individuals with work-related asthma were significantly more likely than those with non-work-related asthma to have poor self-rated health [PR, 1.45; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.31–1.60], impaired physical health (PR, 1.60; 95 % CI, 1.42–1.80), impaired mental health (PR, 1.55; 95 % CI, 1.34–1.80), and activity limitation (PR, 2.16; 95 % CI, 1.81–2.56).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Future research should examine opportunities to improve health-related quality of life among individuals with work-related asthma.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Asthma Asthma, Occupational Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Status Humans Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Population Surveillance Prevalence Quality Of Life Self Report Young Adult

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• Source:
  Qual Life Res. 22(4):771-780.
• Pubmed ID:
  22661107
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4578634
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KLB9/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:da1855037f4c28f2b50e0320f11ecb3b261099958f0daad9bcc86c4f3c94576c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34432/cdc_34432_DS1.pdf
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