Disability, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in Australian adults: An investigation using 19 waves of a longitudinal cohort
Survey
HILDA
Author(s)
Keramat, Syed Afroz
Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh; School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia; Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia
Ahammed, Benojir
Statistics Discipline, Science, Engineering, Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
0000-0001-8208-9579
Mohammed, Aliu
Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz
Centre For Gender and Advocacy, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville Australia
0000-0001-9734-9054
Farjana, Fariha
Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Ahmad, Kabir
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Haque, Rezwanul
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Ahmed, Sazia
Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
Ali, Mohammad Afshar
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia; Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre (QUMPRC), Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia; Department of Economics, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku
School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Date Issued
2022-05-12
Pages
1-17
Keywords
Physical activity
Disabilities
Mental health and psychiatry
Quality of life
Alcohol consumption
Sedentary behaivour
Public and occupational health
Abstract
Background
Any form of long-term physical or mental impairment might negatively influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL, as an independent concept, covers a wide range of characteristics that includes physical, mental, social, and spiritual functions. People with disabilities are continuously exposed to multiple barriers that deteriorate their HRQoL. It also creates impairment in performing physical activities. However, experts opine regular physical exercise as an intervention to help disabled people. This research aims to investigate the association between disability and physical activity with HRQoL among the adult population in Australia.
Design
A retrospective cohort study.
Methods
This study utilized the most recent 19 waves of data (2002–2020) from the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Component summary scores such as physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS), and SF-6D utility scores were utilized to measure HRQoL. Random-effects GLS regression technique was fitted to estimate the association between disability and physical activity with HRQoL, after adjusting for a range of socio-demographic and health-related characteristics.
Results
Disability was negatively associated with the PCS (-5.95), MCS (-2.70) and SF-6D (-0.060) compared with non-disabled counterparts. However, respondents engaged in the recommended level of physical activity had substantial gain in PCS (b = 0.96), MCS (1.57), and SF-6D (0.021) scores. Besides, the results showed that performing the recommended level of physical activity in the presence of disability has lessen the negative effect of disability/ positive moderating effect of physical activity on PCS, MCS, and SF-6D scores by 1.84 points, 0.82 points, and 0.013 percentage points, respectively.
Conclusion
This study found an inverse association between disability and HRQoL among Australian adults. However, physical activity was associated with improved HRQoL. Therefore, public health interventions, such as the orientation of physical activities, have a higher potential to dwindle the burden regarding HRQoL.
Any form of long-term physical or mental impairment might negatively influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL, as an independent concept, covers a wide range of characteristics that includes physical, mental, social, and spiritual functions. People with disabilities are continuously exposed to multiple barriers that deteriorate their HRQoL. It also creates impairment in performing physical activities. However, experts opine regular physical exercise as an intervention to help disabled people. This research aims to investigate the association between disability and physical activity with HRQoL among the adult population in Australia.
Design
A retrospective cohort study.
Methods
This study utilized the most recent 19 waves of data (2002–2020) from the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Component summary scores such as physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS), and SF-6D utility scores were utilized to measure HRQoL. Random-effects GLS regression technique was fitted to estimate the association between disability and physical activity with HRQoL, after adjusting for a range of socio-demographic and health-related characteristics.
Results
Disability was negatively associated with the PCS (-5.95), MCS (-2.70) and SF-6D (-0.060) compared with non-disabled counterparts. However, respondents engaged in the recommended level of physical activity had substantial gain in PCS (b = 0.96), MCS (1.57), and SF-6D (0.021) scores. Besides, the results showed that performing the recommended level of physical activity in the presence of disability has lessen the negative effect of disability/ positive moderating effect of physical activity on PCS, MCS, and SF-6D scores by 1.84 points, 0.82 points, and 0.013 percentage points, respectively.
Conclusion
This study found an inverse association between disability and HRQoL among Australian adults. However, physical activity was associated with improved HRQoL. Therefore, public health interventions, such as the orientation of physical activities, have a higher potential to dwindle the burden regarding HRQoL.
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