Health-Related Quality of Life Among Central Appalachian Residents in Mountaintop Mining Counties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11038441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith J Zullig (0000-0003-4222-366X, Keith J. Zullig and Michael Hendryx are with the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Michael Hendryx (0000-0002-2764-387X, Keith J. Zullig and Michael Hendryx are with the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown.) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 848-853 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2010.300073 |
| PMID | 21421943 |
| PMCID | PMC3076406 |
| OpenAlex | W1975129320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 31 |
Objectives. We examined the health-related quality of life of residents in mountaintop mining counties of Appalachia using the 2006 national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Methods. Dependent variables included self-rated health; the number of poor physical, poor mental, and activity limitation days (in the past 30 days); and the Healthy Days Index. Independent variables included metropolitan status, primary care physician supply, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System behavioral and demographic variables. We compared dependent variables across 3 categories: mountaintop mining (yes or no), other coal mining (yes or no), and a referent nonmining group. We used SUDAAN MULTILOG and multiple linear regression models with post hoc least squares means to test mountaintop mining effects after adjusting for covariates. Results. Residents of mountaintop mining counties reported significantly more days of poor physical, mental, and activity limitation and poorer self-rated health (P Conclusions. Mountaintop mining areas are associated with the greatest reductions in health-related quality of life even when compared with counties with other forms of coal mining
Appalachia · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Coal · Coal mining · Environmental health · Geography · Mental health · Population · Psychiatry · West virginia · Demography · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Medicine · Mining and Resource Management · Occupational and environmental lung diseases · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
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| Citations per year | 2,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |