| Titre : | An epidemiological study of the relative importance of damp housing in relation to adult health. (2000) |
| Auteurs : | J. EVANS ; S. HYNDMAN ; S. PETERSEN ; D. Smith ; S. STEWART-BROWN ; Health Services Research Unit. Department of Public Health. University of Oxford. Institute of Health Sciences. Headington Oxford. GBR |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 54, n° 9, 2000) |
| Pagination : | 677-686 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Habitat ; Etat santé ; Morbidité ; Morbidité [épidémiologie] ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Adulte ; Homme ; Royaume Uni ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST Zzp1wR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-To examine the association between damp housing and adult health, taking into account a wide range of other factors that may influence health and could confound this relation. Participants and setting-A general population sample of adults, aged 18-64, from Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire. Design-Secondary analysis of responses to a postal questionnaire survey carried out in 1997 with a 64% response rate (8889 of 13 800). Housing dampness was assessed by self report. Health was measured by responses to a series of questions including presence of asthma and longstanding illness generally, use of health services and perceived health status (the SF-36). The effect of damp was examined using the X2 test and one way analysis of variance. Significant associations with the various health outcomes were further explored taking into account 35 other housing, demographic, psychosocial and lifestyle variables using stepwise logistic and linear regression. Main results-Bivariate analyses indicated that damp was associated with the majority of health outcomes. Regression modelling however, found that being unable to keep the home warm enough in winter was a more important explanatory variable. Worry about pressure at work and to a lesser extent about money, showed an independent association with perceived health status equal to or greater than that of the housing environment, including cold housing, and that of health related lifestyles. (...) |
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