title: Health-related quality of life in women exposed to wood smoke while cooking.
abstract: Using the abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref) questionnaire, we evaluated the effect of exposure to smoke from wood combustion while cooking on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in 85 women using wood and 85 women using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as cooking fuel in India. Age, years of cooking and hours spent daily in the kitchen were similar between women in the two groups. WHOQOL-Bref transformed scores in psychological, social relationships and environment domains were significantly lower in women in using wood than in those using LPG, suggesting that HRQL was impaired across domains among these women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umasankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D010578:Petroleum; D011788:Quality of Life; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum; D012906:Smoke