Impact of exposure to ambient air pollution on health related quality of life of rural elderly in western China.

ABSTRACT: The impact of environmental pollution on health is a hot topic in current research; however, research on the association between ambient air pollution and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the rural elderly population is limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between long-term ambient air pollution and HRQoL. A total of 4349 participants were included in this study. Ambient air pollution data were collected from the National Earth System Science Data Center. The European Quality of Life Five Dimension Three Level (EQ-5D-3L) was used to measure the health utility index to reflect the HRQoL of the population. A Tobit regression model was constructed to analyze the association between ambient air pollution and the health utility index, and restricted cub

SUBMITTER: Xiao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267448 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature