TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of housing condition on quality of life
AU - Chimed-Ochir, Odgerel
AU - Ikaga, Toshiharu
AU - Ando, Shintaro
AU - Ishimaru, Tomohiro
AU - Kubo, Tatsuhiko
AU - Murakami, Shuzo
AU - Fujino, Yoshihisa
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partly supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as part of the Model Project for Promotion of SWH and a JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number JP17H06151).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - This study examined the housing effect on quality of life among Japanese people. In the current cross-sectional study, we analyzed the 1-year of data (November 2015-March 2016) with 2533 participants. We used the Short Form-8 questionnaire, an 8-item instrument that measures general aspects of health-related QOL. Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency housing checklist which was developed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was used to assess the housing aspects. This checklist has six health elements including thermal comfort, acoustic environment, lighting environment, hygiene, safety, and security for 8 distinctive rooms/places of home. Multilevel analysis was done to identify the relationship between the perceived level of housing problem and PCS and MCS by clustering by sex. Compared to those who always felt unsafe at home due to interior design problem, participants who never felt unsafe showed an average of 10.51 (95% CI = 7.69–13.34, p < 0.0001) and 5.78 (95% CI = 2.90–8.65, p < 0.0001) higher physical and mental component score (better quality of life), respectively. Those who never had thermal, acoustic, lighting, hygiene, and security problems of housing also exhibited significantly better quality of life compared to participants who felt these problems.
AB - This study examined the housing effect on quality of life among Japanese people. In the current cross-sectional study, we analyzed the 1-year of data (November 2015-March 2016) with 2533 participants. We used the Short Form-8 questionnaire, an 8-item instrument that measures general aspects of health-related QOL. Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency housing checklist which was developed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was used to assess the housing aspects. This checklist has six health elements including thermal comfort, acoustic environment, lighting environment, hygiene, safety, and security for 8 distinctive rooms/places of home. Multilevel analysis was done to identify the relationship between the perceived level of housing problem and PCS and MCS by clustering by sex. Compared to those who always felt unsafe at home due to interior design problem, participants who never felt unsafe showed an average of 10.51 (95% CI = 7.69–13.34, p < 0.0001) and 5.78 (95% CI = 2.90–8.65, p < 0.0001) higher physical and mental component score (better quality of life), respectively. Those who never had thermal, acoustic, lighting, hygiene, and security problems of housing also exhibited significantly better quality of life compared to participants who felt these problems.
KW - cold ambient air
KW - health effects
KW - housing
KW - indoor environment
KW - quality of life
KW - thermal comfort
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U2 - 10.1111/ina.12819
DO - 10.1111/ina.12819
M3 - Article
C2 - 33739475
AN - SCOPUS:85102750517
SN - 0905-6947
VL - 31
SP - 1029
EP - 1037
JO - Indoor Air
JF - Indoor Air
IS - 4
ER -
