Which long-term illnesses do patients find most limiting? A census-based cross-sectional study of 340,000 people

Wright, David M.; Rosato, Michael; O’Reilly, Dermot

doi:10.1007/s00038-016-0929-2

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“…This is important because there are strong trends in poor mental health prevalence with age in this population (Table 2 ) and excluding those under 40 would exclude a large proportion of those burdened with poor mental health. In this population poor mental health is most commonly found in combination with other conditions [ 48 ] and so a strength of our study was that we accounted for the presence of physical health conditions that appear to have a strong influence on mental health.…”

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Aircraft noise and self-assessed mental health around a regional urban airport: a population based record linkage study

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BackgroundLimited evidence suggests that residential exposure to aircraft noise negatively influences population mental health around large airports, but it is not known whether the same is true for smaller airports. We investigated whether residential exposure to aircraft noise near a regional urban airport was associated with risk of chronic self-assessed mental ill health.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study of 198,532 people aged 18 years and over living in Belfast, United Kingdom, enumerated at the 2011 Census. Residential exposure to aircraft noise (LAeq,16h) was assessed by linking Census records with modelled noise contours surrounding George Best Belfast City Airport (c.42,000 annual aircraft movements). Associations between noise and mental ill health were estimated using multiple logistic regression adjusting for demographic characteristics, socio-economic status and comorbidity.ResultsPrevalence of self-assessed mental ill health was greater in high noise (≥57 dB) compared to low noise (< 54 dB) areas (12.4% vs. 9.7%). We found no association between aircraft noise and risk of mental ill health after adjustment for socio-economic status (high vs. low noise odds ratio: 1.03 CI: 0.93, 1.14).DiscussionAssociations between aircraft noise and mental health have been reported near large airports at similar average noise levels to those observed here. Our findings indicate that the noise environment around this smaller airport (with fewer flights and no night flights) has little influence on population mental health.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12940-018-0418-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The current study has sought to identify children based on their reported level of day-to-day impairment, and to create a measure as close as possible to the Equality Act definition. Government statistics, in contrast, tend to use measures of SEN as a proxy, which may not capture all conditions equally well (Cohen et al, 1995;Payne & Saul, 2000;Keil et al, 2006;Wright et al, 2016). In Scotland, Additional Support Needs eligibility is broad, covering all those requiring additional support due to 'learning environment, family circumstances, disability or health need, and social and emotional factors' (The Scottish Government, 2010).…”

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“…Another limitation was the use of self-reported data, which in this case is more likely to have been reported by parents rather than the children themselves. As noted in the Introduction, measures of self-reported health are sensitive to various factors such as socioeconomic status and religious denomination, and may favour some health conditions more than others (Payne & Saul, 2000;O'Reilly & Rosato, 2010;Young et al, 2010;Wright et al, 2016;Black et al, 2017). Whilst this should always be borne in mind when using self-reported measures, we hope that the inclusion of a measure of specific health conditions helped to improve the accuracy of our disability measure.…”

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“…Payne & Saul, 2000), it is problematic as a proxy for disability. Research using the new questions in the Northern Ireland 2011 Census shows that LLTI is more closely associated with some health conditions than others (Wright et al, 2016), and there is evidence that levels of LLTI self-reporting for a given level of mortality vary across the UK, and are sensitive to factors such as religious denomination and socioeconomic status (O'Reilly & Rosato, 2010;Young et al, 2010;Black et al, 2017).…”

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Educational engagement, expectation and attainment of children with disabilities: Evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study

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Marshall

2019

British Educational Res J

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Government statistics show that children with special educational needs and disabilities do not achieve as well academically as their peers, which impacts on later employment and socioeconomic circumstances. Addressing these inequalities is a key policy area which currently lacks a satisfactory evidence base. To explore the issue, the present study used data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study which contains data from the 1991, 2001 and 2011 censuses along with other administrative data, from a representative sample of the Scottish population. Using this large and longitudinal sample, the present study examines educational engagement, expectations and attainment for children with self-reported disability, controlling for other early childhood factors. The results show that children with mental health problems were at higher risk of leaving school early, and that children with learning difficulties were less likely to gain advanced qualifications. Neither limiting longterm illness in early childhood nor disability in adolescence were significant predictors of engagement, however, they did predict measures of academic expectation and attainment. Results suggest there is a critical phase for attainment, with area deprivation in early childhood but not adolescence being important for later educational inequalities.

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“…Reduced appetite resulting from a decrease in chewing and swallowing efficiency, taste and smell function, saliva production and poor oral and dental health, as well as changes in the digestive tract are associated with decreased food consumption in later life [68,69]. In addition, long-standing illnesses including diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease requiring dietary restriction may limit food choice in older adults [70,71]. Additionally, common medications causing the reduction in appetite may contribute to inadequate intake of minerals [72].…”

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Trace Mineral Intake and Deficiencies in Older Adults Living in the Community and Institutions: A Systematic Review

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The global population is ageing with many older adults suffering from age-related malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies. Adequate nutrient intake is vital to enable older adults to continue living independently and delay their institutionalisation, as well as to prevent deterioration of health status in those living in institutions. This systematic review investigated the insufficiency of trace minerals in older adults living independently and in institutions. We examined 28 studies following a cross-sectional or cohort design, including 7203 older adults (≥60) living independently in 13 Western countries and 2036 living in institutions in seven Western countries. The estimated average requirement (EAR) cut-off point method was used to calculate percentage insufficiency for eight trace minerals using extracted mean and standard deviation values. Zinc deficiency was observed in 31% of community-based women and 49% of men. This was higher for those in institutional care (50% and 66%, respectively). Selenium intakes were similarly compromised with deficiency in 49% women and 37% men in the community and 44% women and 27% men in institutions. We additionally found significant proportions of both populations showing insufficiency for iron, iodine and copper. This paper identifies consistent nutritional insufficiency for selenium, zinc, iodine and copper in older adults.

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Which long-term illnesses do patients find most limiting? A census-based cross-sectional study of 340,000 people

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Aircraft noise and self-assessed mental health around a regional urban airport: a population based record linkage study

Aircraft noise and self-assessed mental health around a regional urban airport: a population based record linkage study

Educational engagement, expectation and attainment of children with disabilities: Evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study

Trace Mineral Intake and Deficiencies in Older Adults Living in the Community and Institutions: A Systematic Review

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