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Citation

Song T, Ding YW, Sun Y, He YN, Qi DJ, Wu Y, Wu B, Lang L, Yu K, Zhao X, Zhu LL, Wang S, Yu XS. BMC Public Health 2015; 15(1): e921.

Affiliation

General Medical Practice of the First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110001, PR China. xsyu@mail.cmu.edu.cn.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s12889-015-2238-8

PMID

26386951

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Due to the rising standard of living environment and advances in public health and medical care in China, it has been a tendency in recent years that health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly acknowledged in community health management. However, large-scale population-based study on evaluating HQRoL in northeast of China was not conducted. This article aims to investigate the HRQoL in community residents in Northeast China and explore the associated factors.

METHODS: Stratified multiple-stage sampling method was used in the cross-sectional survey to investigate HRQoL of community residents in northeast of China. Univariate analysis and multiple linear regressions were used to analyze the factors associated to HRQoL of the community residents.

RESULTS: The results were confirmed that HRQoL in general population was well performed for the first time in northeast of China in a large scale population. Community residents had better mental health than physical health. The factors influencing HRQoL included gender, age, educational level, marital status, ethnic group, chronic disease status, having breakfast frequency weekly and sleep quality. However, drinking and smoking habits did not affect residents' HRQoL.

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the result of the large-scale survey was satisfactory in northeast of China, providing HRQoL status of community residents. Policies on specific health management in community public health would emphasize on lifestyle behaviors especially eating habits in order to improving HRQoL.


Language: en

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