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Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States

Auteurs: Sherrill Sellers, Dasha Cherepanav, Janel Hanmer, Dennis G. Fryback, Mari Palta

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 6/2013

Abstract

Objective

We assessed associations between discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States.

Methods

We examined data from the National Health Measurement Study, a nationally representative sample of 3,648 adults aged 35–89 in the non-institutionalized US population. These data include self-reported lifetime and everyday discrimination as well as several health utility indexes (EQ-5D, HUI3, and SF-6D). Multiple regression was used to compute mean health utility scores adjusted for age, income, education, and chronic diseases for each race-by-gender subgroup.

Results

Black men and women reported more discrimination compared to white men and women. Health utility tended to be worse as reported discrimination increased. With a few exceptions, differences between mean health utility scores in the lowest and highest discrimination groups exceeded the 0.03 difference generally considered to be a clinically significant difference.

Conclusions

Persons who experienced discrimination tended to score lower on health utility measures. The study also revealed a complex relationship between experiences of discrimination and race and gender. Because of these differential social and demographic relationships caution is urged when interpreting self-rated health measures in research, clinical, and policy settings.

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Titel: Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States
Auteurs: Sherrill Sellers
Dasha Cherepanav
Janel Hanmer
Dennis G. Fryback
Mari Palta
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0258-8

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