Gender and educational differences in the association between smoking and health-related quality of life in Belgium

Prev Med. 2017 Dec:105:280-286. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.09.016. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

Authors

Rana Charafeddine¹, Stefaan Demarest², Irina Cleemput³, Herman Van Oyen⁴, Brecht Devleesschauwer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium. Electronic address: Rana.Charafeddine@wiv-isp.be.
² Department of Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium.
³ Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium; Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 28964851
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.09.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Educational level; Gender; Health inequalities; Health related quality of life; Smoking; Socioeconomic status.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anxiety / epidemiology
Belgium / epidemiology
Depression / epidemiology
Educational Status
Female
Health Status*
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain
Quality of Life*
Regression Analysis
Sex Distribution
Smoking / epidemiology
Smoking / psychology*
Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult