Quality of Life and Urban / Rural Living: Preliminary Results of a Community Survey in Italy

Carta, Mauro Giovanni; Aguglia, Eugenio; Caraci, Filippo; Dell’Osso, Liliana; Sciascio, Guido Di; Drago, Filippo; Giudice, E. Del; Faravelli, Carlo; Hardoy, Maria Carolina; Lecca, Maria Efisia; Moro, Maria Francesca; Calò, Salvatore; Casacchia, M; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Balestrieri, Matteo

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“…Ten studies focused on quality of life, well-being and related concepts such as life satisfaction or successful aging [ 33 , 54 , 62 , 63 , 96 - 101 ] (Table 3 ). Among these studies, several distinct environment variables were used, so that a broad analysis was not possible.…”

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“…It was considered that some of the studies had insufficient group or subgroup size to make strong statistical inferences [ 52 , 54 , 62 , 100 ]. Some studies had a considerable loss of enrolled participants, a high number of people who refused to participate or participation bias, all of which can lead to misinterpretation of the results [ 36 , 78 , 101 ]. It has been suggested that in some studies, cases were more predisposed than controls to report problems.…”

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Built Environment and Elderly Population Health: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Garin¹,

Olaya²,

Miret³

et al. 2014

CPEMH

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Global population aging over recent years has been linked to poorer health outcomes and higher healthcare expenditure. Policies focusing on healthy aging are currently being developed but a complete understanding of health determinants is needed to guide these efforts. The built environment and other external factors have been added to the International Classification of Functioning as important determinants of health and disability. Although the relationship between the built environment and health has been widely examined in working age adults, research focusing on elderly people is relatively recent. In this review, we provide a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence on the built environment and health in the elderly.

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Built Environment and Elderly Population Health: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Garin¹,

Olaya²,

Miret³

et al. 2014

CPEMH

122

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“…The first refers to a sample of citizens of Bogotá (Colombia) aged 60 or more, in which perceived features of built environment, namely street noise, safety of public areas and street crossings were found to be significantly associated with QoL [ 65 ]. In a second study from Italy, the features of built environment were restricted to living in an urban or rural context only, and significant group differences were found only among male respondents [ 66 ]. Such a way to address features of built environment is largely partial, as it provides no indication on the degree to which the context in which the persons live has any facilitating or hindering effect.…”

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Determinants of Quality of Life in Ageing Populations: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Finland, Poland and Spain

Raggi¹,

Corso

Minicuci

et al. 2016

PLoS ONE

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PurposeTo comprehensively identify the determinants of quality of life (QoL) in a population study sample of persons aged 18–50 and 50+.MethodsIn this observational, cross-sectional study, QoL was measured with the WHOQOL-AGE, a brief instrument designed to measure QoL in older adults. Eight hierarchical regression models were performed to identify determinants of QoL. Variables were entered in the following order: Sociodemographic; Health Habits; Chronic Conditions; Health State description; Vision and Hearing; Social Networks; Built Environment. In the final model, significant variables were retained. The final model was re-run using data from the three countries separately.ResultsComplete data were available for 5639 participants, mean age 46.3 (SD 18.4). The final model accounted for 45% of QoL variation and the most relevant contribution was given by sociodemographic data (particularly age, education level and living in Finland: 17.9% explained QoL variation), chronic conditions (particularly depression: 4.6%) and a wide and rich social network (4.6%). Other determinants were presence of disabling pain, learning difficulties and visual problems, and living in usable house that is perceived as non-risky. Some variables were specifically associated to QoL in single countries: age in Poland, alcohol consumption in Spain, angina in Finland, depression in Spain, and self-reported sadness both in Finland and Poland, but not in Spain. Other were commonly associated to QoL: smoking status, bodily aches, being emotionally affected by health problems, good social network and home characteristics.ConclusionsOur results highlight the importance of modifiable determinants of QoL, and provide public health indications that could support concrete actions at country level. In particular, smoking cessation, increasing the level of physical activity, improving social network ties and applying universal design approach to houses and environmental infrastructures could potentially increase QoL of ageing population.

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“…QOL refers to individuals’ perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The QOL in the four domains can be affected by different factors like age, sex, rural and urban areas [ 2 , 3 ], and health and disease status [ 4 ].…”

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Assessing quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF: a cross-sectional study on the association between quality of life and neighborhood environmental satisfaction, and the mediating effect of health-related behaviors

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BackgroundQuality of life (QOL) is an important component in assessing people’s health. Environmental quality can influence people’s QOL in the physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment domains. QOL in the four domains, overall QOL and general heath of residents living in the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong were assessed. The association between satisfaction with the neighborhood environment and QOL, and health-related behaviors which mediated the effect were investigated.MethodsA sample of 317 residents completed a questionnaire which comprised the WHOQOL-BREF (Hong Kong version) to assess QOL, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) to study physical activities, and questions on satisfaction with the neighborhood environment, health-related behaviors and socio-demographics. One-way ANOVA and linear regression were used to study the associations between environmental satisfaction and QOL in the four domains, overall QOL and general health, followed by assessing the relationships between environmental satisfaction and the potential health-related behavior mediators with regression tests. Mediation analysis was conducted using multiple linear regressions to study the effects of environmental satisfaction on QOL in the four domains, overall QOL and general health, as well as the potential mediating roles played by various health-related behaviors. A P-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.ResultsThe residents had a relatively higher physical health mean score of 70.83 ± 12.69, and a lower environmental mean score of 61.98 ± 13.76. Moderate satisfaction with the neighborhood environment had a significant relationship with QOL in the psychological domain (β = 0.170, P = 0.006), however, this effect was partially mediated by the non-smoking behavior of the residents (β = 0.143, P = 0.022).ConclusionsOur residents had lower QOL in the physical health and psychological domains but similar QOL in the social relationships and environmental domains compared to other countries. Only QOL in the psychological domain could be predicted by the satisfaction with the neighborhood environment, and non-smoking status was a partial mediator of the effect of moderate environmental satisfaction on QOL in the psychological domain. Refrain from smoking seems to be able to lower the influence of neighborhood environment on people’s QOL in the psychological domain to a certain extent.

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Quality of Life and Urban / Rural Living: Preliminary Results of a Community Survey in Italy

Cited by 53 publications

References 22 publications

Built Environment and Elderly Population Health: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Built Environment and Elderly Population Health: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Determinants of Quality of Life in Ageing Populations: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Finland, Poland and Spain

Assessing quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF: a cross-sectional study on the association between quality of life and neighborhood environmental satisfaction, and the mediating effect of health-related behaviors

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