Quality of life and substance use: concepts and recent tendencies

C Zubaran, K Foresti - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2009 - journals.lww.com
QoL is an important clinical and research outcome in the context of substance use. However,
the indiscriminate use of nonspecific measurement tools may produce questionable results …

Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations

M Vogl, CM Wenig, R Leidl, S Pokhrel - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background Little is known as to how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) when measured
by generic instruments such as EQ-5D differ across smokers, ex-smokers and never …

Decreased psychological well-being in late 'chronotypes' is mediated by smoking and alcohol consumption

M Wittmann, M Paulus, T Roenneberg - Substance use & misuse, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Individuals are different 'chronotypes' with early 'larks' and late 'owls' forming the limits of a
normal distribution in the population. We recently described that late chronotypes who suffer …

Smoking and SF-36 health functioning

M Laaksonen, O Rahkonen, P Martikainen… - Preventive …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE.: To examine the association between smoking and general health as
measured by the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire. METHODS.: Data …

Smoking and health-related quality of life in the general population. Independent relationships and large differences according to patterns and quantity of smoking and …

J Coste, L Quinquis, S d'Almeida, E Audureau - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Relationships between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in
the general population remain unclear. Objectives To quantify the independent associations …

Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on health-related quality of life in women in the Nurses' Health Study

L Sarna, SA Bialous, ME Cooley, HJ Jun… - Quality of Life …, 2008 - Springer
Purpose To examine the relationship between smoking and health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) and the impact of quitting smoking on changes in HRQOL among women in the …

[PDF][PDF] Quality of life of users of psychoactive substances, relatives, and non-users assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF

TC Moreira, LR Figueiró, S Fernandes… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
Quality of life is related to one of the basic human desires, which is to live well and feel good.
The scope of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of psychoactive substance users …

Qualidade de vida e gravidade da dependência de tabaco

MG Castro, MS Oliveira, JFD Moraes… - Archives of Clinical …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
CONTEXTO: A qualidade de vida é um constructo que vem ganhando importância como
uma forma de acessar o impacto tanto de uma patologia quanto de uma estratégia …

Smoking status, changes in smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the SUN (“Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra”) cohort

M Guitérrez-Bedmar, M Seguí-Gómez… - International Journal of …, 2009 - mdpi.com
We aimed to evaluate the association between smoking, changes in smoking, and quality of
life in a cohort of Spanish university graduates. Smoking habits were self-reported at …

Smoking and Quality of Life-Is there really an association? Evidence from a Nepalese sample

RA Sagtani, S Thapa, A Sagtani - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Tobacco smoking has a negative impact on human health. Thus, it seems plausible for it to
affect perceived quality of life as well. Information in this regard is lacking in Nepalese …