caa a22 4500 475847075 CHVBK 20180406123917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1016654621784 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1016654621784 Multiple Chronic Health Problems are Negatively Associated with Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) irrespective of Age [Elektronische Daten] [Helena Michelson, Christina Bolund, Yvonne Brandberg] Purpose: To examine HRQoL measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 with respect to an increasing number of self-reported chronic health problems in the general Swedish population and to study the association between HRQoL, chronic health problems and age, gender, income, marital status and employment status. Method: A postal survey among a large random sample of 4000 adults aged 18-79 years. The study material contained EORTC QLQ-C30 core questionnaire supplemented by a sociodemographic questionnaire including questions about 13 chronic health problems of which four categories, 'sNo', 'sFew', 'sSome' or 'sA lot of' chronic health problems were constructed. Results: Multiple chronic health problems were significantly associated with reduced HRQoL. The increased number of chronic health problems was also associated with age. When the number of chronic health problems was accounted for, the influence of age diminished. Low income and unemployment were associated with greater decline in HRQoL with respect to increasing number of problems among the respondents in working age. Conclusion: The impact of increased number of chronic health problems had varying consequences in different age groups. Moreover, sociodemographic and economic factors showed to interact differently with chronic health problems and HRQoL in various age groups. It appears from our results that an assessment and a careful consideration of these factors will be valuable in order to facilitate the interpretation of the effects of cancer and treatment on long-term HRQoL of cancer patients. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Chronic health problems nationallicence General population nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Michelson Helena Psychosocial Unit, Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet aut Bolund Christina Psychosocial Unit, Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet aut Brandberg Yvonne Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Institution of Oncology/Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/10(2000-12-01), 1093-1104 0962-9343 9:10<1093 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016654621784 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016654621784 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Michelson Helena Psychosocial Unit, Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bolund Christina Psychosocial Unit, Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brandberg Yvonne Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Institution of Oncology/Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/10(2000-12-01), 1093-1104 0962-9343 9:10<1093 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer