Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS zKzR0xK1. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-To examine whether changes in environmental housing quality influence the wellbeing of movers taking into account other dimensions of housing quality and sociodemographic factors. Design-Cross sectional telephone survey. Associations between changes in satisfaction with 40 housing quality indicators (including environmental quality) and an improvement in self rated health (based on a standardised question) were analysed by multiple logistic regression adjusting for sociodemographic variables. Objective measures of wellbeing or environmental quality were not available. Setting-North western region of Switzerland including the city of Basel. Participants-Random sample of 3870 subjects aged 18-70 who had moved in 1997, participation rate 55.7%. Results-A gain in self rated health was most strongly predicted by an improved satisfaction with indicators related to the environmental housing quality measured as "location of building" (adjusted odds ratio (OR)=1.58,95% confidence intervals (CI)=1.28,1.96) and "perceived air quality" (OR=1.58,95% CI=1.24,2.01) and to the apartment itself, namely "suitability" (OR=1.77,95% CI=1.41,2.23), "relationship with neighbours" (OR=1.46,95% CI=1.19,1.80) and "noise from neighbours" (OR=1.32,95% CI=1.07,1.64). The destination of moving and the main reason to move modified some of the associations with environmental indicators. Conclusion-An improvement in perceived environmental housing quality was conducive to an increase in wellbeing of movers when other dimensions of housing quality and potential confounders were taken into account.
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