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| David G MoriartySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Geographic patterns of frequent mental distress: U.S. adults, 1993-2001 and 2003-2006David G Moriarty
CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:497-505. 2009..Mental illnesses and other mental health problems often lead to prolonged, disabling, and costly mental distress. Yet little is known about the geographic distribution of such mental distress in the U.S...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Days Measures - population tracking of perceived physical and mental health over timeDavid G Moriarty
US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Division of Adult and Community Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:37. 2003..The brief standard CDC HRQOL-4 is now often used in surveys, surveillance systems, prevention research, and population health report cards...- Tracking Healthy Days -- a window on the health of older adultsDavid G Moriarty
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A16. 2005..The CDC HRQOL measures are recommended to public health and social service professionals as a feasible way to assess perceived physical and mental health needs of older adults and to document the effects of policies and interventions... - Sad, blue, or depressed days, health behaviors and health-related quality of life, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995-2000Rosemarie Kobau
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:40. 2004..Less information exists however, about the health burden resulting from subsyndromal levels of depressive symptomatology, such as feeling sad, blue or depressed, among the general U.S. population... 
The associations between life satisfaction and health-related quality of life, chronic illness, and health behaviors among U.S. community-dwelling adultsTara W Strine
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K 66, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Community Health 33:40-50. 2008..Our findings showed that HRQOL and health risk behaviors varied with level of life satisfaction. As life satisfaction appears to encompass many individual life domains, it may be an important concept for public health research...- Health-related quality of life surveillance--United States, 1993-2002Hatice S Zahran
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC
MMWR Surveill Summ 54:1-35. 2005..In addition, population health assessment professionals should continue to refine and validate HRQOL, functional status, and self-reported health measures... - Frequent mental distress status among adults with arthritis age 45 years and older, 2001Tara W Strine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Arthritis Rheum 51:533-7. 2004..To identify characteristics and behaviors among persons with arthritis through evaluation of self-perceived mental health status... - Worsening trends in adult health-related quality of life and self-rated health-United States, 1993-2001Matthew M Zack
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 119:493-505. 2004..The objectives of this study were to determine whether and how health-related quality of life and self-rated health changed overall in U.S. adults and in specific sociodemographic and geographic groups from 1993 through 2001... - Diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life among older adults. Findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS)David W Brown
Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 65:105-15. 2004..These results reinforce the importance of preventing diabetes and its complications through health education messages stressing a balanced diet and increased physical activity... - Binge drinking and health-related quality of life: do popular perceptions match reality?Catherine A Okoro
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:230-3. 2004..This study examined the association between binge drinking (consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among U.S. adults... - Associations between short- and long-term unemployment and frequent mental distress among a national sample of men and womenDavid W Brown
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:1159-66. 2003..Public health officials should work with government officials to incorporate the health consequences of unemployment into economic policymaking... - Risk behaviors and healthcare coverage among adults by frequent mental distress status, 2001Tara W Strine
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prenvetion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:213-6. 2004..Studies indicate that these measures can be more powerful predictors of chronic disease-related morbidity and mortality than objective measures... - Determinants of quality of life among people with asthma: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemEarl S Ford
Division of Adult Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Asthma 41:327-36. 2004..Furthermore, among people with asthma, the elderly, women, poorly educated, and low-income participants are especially likely to experience impaired quality of life... - Self-reported asthma and health-related quality of life: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance systemEarl S Ford
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E17, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Chest 123:119-27. 2003..Few population-based data regarding the impact of asthma on health-related quality of life in the US adult population are available... - Health related quality of life among adults reporting arthritis: analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, US, 1996-99Fatima Mili
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Rheumatol 30:160-6. 2003.... - Associations between recommended levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life. Findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveyDavid W Brown
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Med 37:520-8. 2003..The results persist even among adults with a chronic condition such as arthritis. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlight the need for health programs to increase participation in regular physical activity... - Inequalities in self-reported physical health in the United States, 1993-1999Saloua Sehili
Us centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, USA
Health Econ 14:377-89. 2005..The American Indians/Alaska Natives experienced the highest inequalities whereas Asians/Pacific-Islanders exhibited the lowest inequalities. More attention should be given to within-group inequalities... - Black-white differences in health-related quality of life among older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
Qual Life Res 16:287-96. 2007..06; 95% CI: 0.89-1.27). Our results suggest that racial differences in HRQOL are associated with the combined effects of social disadvantage, poor physical health, and lower cognitive function...