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Health‐related quality of life's dependence on socio‐economic status and demographic characteristics among men with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Kosilov K.,
Loparev S.,
Kuzina I.,
Kosilova L.,
Ivanovskaya M.,
Prokofyeva A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.12892
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , quality of life (healthcare) , residence , rural area , socioeconomic status , demography , gerontology , analysis of variance , environmental health , population , pathology , nursing , sociology
Summary This study investigated the effect of socio‐economic status ( SES ) on health‐related quality of life ( HRQ oL) among persons with benign prostatic hyperplasia ( BPH ). The data were collected by way of surveying persons with BPH aged from 35 to 85 (937) and selected via random sample. The diagnosis was confirmed with the use of I‐ PSS questionnaires (8–19 points), OAB q‐ AT (≥8 points) and daily urinations. A study on HRQ oL was conducted using the SF ‐36 questionnaire. SES was evaluated using the patients’ ambulance cards (F112U) and tax inspection documents with their written permission. Verification of the viability of the differences in the HRQ oL level of patients with different SES was conducted in each age cohort using ANOVA . The goal of the multifactor regressive analysis using least weighted squares was identified as featuring the strongest relationships between SES and HRQ oL. In comparing the average regression squares with average error squares, selection of the entry variables was conducted. Among persons with a BPH , the strongest relationship was discovered between profession, level of education, place of residence and HRQ oL. A weaker relationship was identified between income and HRQ oL, and there was no relationship between marital status and HRQ oL. HRQ oL among persons with a different level of SES figures aged 65+ proved homogeneous. We can expect HRQ oL improvement among persons with BPH while increasing informedness on the possibilities for treating and improving help for workers of industrial and rural production residing in rural areas.