Physical Activity and Health in Canadian Asthmatics

Dogra, Shilpa; Baker, Joseph

doi:10.1080/02770900601034304

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“…They proposed that physical activity should be widely recommended for patients with COPD in COPD guidelines 21. Our results were also in accordance with those from an asthma population in Canada,22 where those with good self-reported health are more physically active. Pitta et al, also showed that encouragement to be more active in daily life is an important part of the management of patients with COPD 23…”

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Factors associated with good self-rated health and quality of life in subjects with self-reported COPD

Arne¹

2011

COPD

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BackgroundRecent guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) state that COPD is both preventable and treatable. To gain a more positive outlook on the disease it is interesting to investigate factors associated with good, self-rated health and quality of life in subjects with self-reported COPD in the population.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study design, postal survey questionnaires were sent to a stratified, random population in Sweden in 2004 and 2008. The prevalence of subjects (40–84 years) who reported having COPD was 2.1% in 2004 and 2.7% in 2008. Data were analyzed for 1475 subjects. Regression models were used to analyze the associations between health measures (general health status, the General Health Questionnaire, the EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire) and influencing factors.ResultsThe most important factor associated with good, self-rated health and quality of life was level of physical activity. Odds ratios for general health varied from 2.4 to 7.7 depending on degree of physical activity, where subjects with the highest physical activity level reported the best health and also highest quality of life. Social support and absence of economic problems almost doubled the odds ratios for better health and quality of life.ConclusionsIn this population-based public health survey, better self-rated health status and quality of life in subjects with self-reported COPD was associated with higher levels of physical activity, social support, and absence of economic problems. The findings indicated that of possible factors that could be influenced, promoting physical activity and strengthening social support are important in maintaining or improving the health and quality of life in subjects with COPD. Severity of the disease as a possible confounding effect should be investigated in future population studies.

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Factors associated with good self-rated health and quality of life in subjects with self-reported COPD

Arne¹

2011

COPD

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“…In 2006, Dogra and Baker examined a group of asthmatics and found that physically active asthmatics had significantly greater SRMH and fewer chronic physical/mental chronic conditions [42]. In 2007, a descriptive study by Park and Knudson report that people with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) were more likely than those without MUPS to rate their mental health as fair or poor [43].…”

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Single item measures of self-rated mental health: a scoping review

Ahmad

Jhajj²,

Stewart

et al. 2014

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundA single-item measure of self-rated mental health (SRMH) is being used increasingly in health research and population health surveys. The item asks respondents to rate their mental health on a five-point scale from excellent to poor. This scoping study presents the first known review of the SRMH literature.MethodsElectronic databases of Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Cochrane Reviews were searched using keywords. The databases were also searched using the titles of surveys known to include the SRMH single item. The search was supplemented by manually searching the bibliographic sections of the included studies. Two independent reviewers coded articles for inclusion or exclusion based on whether articles included SRMH. Each study was coded by theme and data were extracted about study design, sample, variables, and results.ResultsFifty-seven studies included SRMH. SRMH correlated moderately with the following mental health scales: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, mental health subscales of the Short-Form Health Status Survey, Behaviour and Symptom Identification Scale, and World Mental Health Clinical Diagnostic Interview Schedule. However, responses to this item may differ across racial and ethnic groups. Poor SRMH was associated with poor self-rated health, physical health problems, increased health service utilization and less likelihood of being satisfied with mental health services. Poor or fair SRMH was also associated with social determinants of health, such as low socioeconomic position, weak social connections and neighbourhood stressors. Synthesis of this literature provides important information about the relationships SRMH has with other variables.ConclusionsSRMH is associated with multi-item measures of mental health, self-rated health, health problems, service utilization, and service satisfaction. Given these relationships and its use in epidemiologic surveys, SRMH should continue to be assessed as a population health measure. More studies need to examine relationships between SRMH and clinical mental illnesses. Longitudinal analyses should look at whether SRMH is predictive of future mental health problems.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-398) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Better self-perceived health is associated with higher levels of physical activity in the general population [28,39,51] and adults with asthma [27,52]. This is not surprising, as physical activity is known to positively influence physical and psychosocial aspects of health.…”

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confidence: 89%