Socioeconomic inequalities in health-related quality of life between men and women, 5 years after a coronary angiography
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Background The aim of this study is to measure gender differences in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among men and women patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and to assess the impact of socioeconomic factors on HRQOL between men and women, 5 years after a coronary angiography. Methods The study included 1,289 out of 4,391 patients who had undergone an angiography in the National Institute for Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology, Luxembourg in 2008/2009. Four indicators of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (Self-rated health, Quality of life, Physical health, and Psychological health) were used in this study as interest variables. To assess the socioeconomic inequalities in HRQOL between men and women, general linear models were constructed for every indicator, with educational level and living conditions as predictors, and demographic variables, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular events as covariates. Results Women were older than men (71.5 versus 68.1, p
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health-related quality of life between men and women, 5 years after a coronary angiography
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tchicaya, Anastase ; Lorentz, Nathalie |
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| Zeitschrift: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Jg. 14, Heft 1 |
| Veröffentlichung: | Springer Nature |
| Medientyp: | unknown |
| ISSN: | 1477-7525 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12955-016-0570-z |
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