Europeanization process impacts the patterns of alcohol consumption in the Western Balkans

Tresa, Eni; Benmarhnia, Tarik; Clemens, Timo; Burazeri, Genc; Czabanowska, Katarzyna

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckx175

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“…From demographic and data about habits within the study sample we could see that smoking, drinking alcohol and coffee were widespread and could have influenced the study participants’ perception of HRQoL. Although the process of Europeanization is taking place in countries of Western Balkans, and has already led to a decrease in alcohol consumption ( 22 , 23 ), these habits are still following patterns from the past and making up one of the target population’s important specifics, further stressing the need for region-specific instruments for measuring HRQoL.…”

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A questionnaire for rating health-related quality of life

Janković

Bogavac-Stanojević

Mikulić

et al. 2021

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Background Translations of instruments for measuring quality of life developed in certain, mostly more developed, parts of the world usually do not cover regionally specific aspects of health-related quality of life, even after transcultural validation. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a reliable questionnaire in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin languages suitable for measuring health-related quality of life in adults. Methods The study was of a cross-sectional type, assessing the reliability and validity of a newly developed questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults residing in western Balkan states (WB-HRQoL). It was conducted on a sample of 489 adults from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro, with a mean age of 52.2±14.4 years and a male/female ratio of 195/294 (39.9%/60.1%). Result The definitive version of the WB-HRQoL scale with 19 items showed very good reliability, with Cronbach’s alpha 0.905. The scale was temporally stable, and satisfactory results were obtained for divergent and convergent validity tests. Exploratory factorial analysis brought to the surface four domains of health-related quality of life, namely the physical, psychical, social, and environmental. Conclusion The WB-HRQoL scale is a reliable and valid generic instrument for measuring HRQoL that takes into account the cultural specifics of the western Balkan region.

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A questionnaire for rating health-related quality of life

Janković

Bogavac-Stanojević

Mikulić

et al. 2021

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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“…The proximal level addresses local policies [19]. We used this model previously to assess the influence of the Europeanization process on alcohol consumption in the WB [20]. We adapted the model for population health suggested by Huynen et al [19], as indicated in Figs.…”

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