1. Health-related quality of life in Chinese people: a population-based survey of five cities in China.
- Author
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Rui Wang, Cheng Wu, Ma XQ, Zhao YF, Yan XY, and Jia He
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, China epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Marital Status, Middle Aged, Registries, Reproducibility of Results, Urban Health, Young Adult, Health Status, Health Surveys methods, Health Surveys standards, Quality of Life
- Abstract
Aims: The current study aimed at undertaking an investigation to describe health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Chinese people, with a Mandarin version of the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) validated., Methods: A total of 3,219 respondents were successfully interviewed under a randomized stratified multi-stage sampling design from April 2007 to January 2008 in five cities of mainland China. Self-finished interview method was applied and the Mandarin version of SF-36 was used for assessing HRQL., Results: As a result, the reliability and validity of SF-36 were acceptable, although some deviations from the hypothesized model still existed. The Chinese population scored higher than other populations in five of the eight SF-36 scales and Chinese men scored higher than women in six of the eight SF-36 scales., Conclusions: Basically, the Mandarin version of SF-36 is a reliable instrument, although minor modifications are needed. The health-related quality of life in Chinese people were quite high based on the sample of five cities in China; further research is needed to establish the countrywide norm of health-related quality of life in mainland China.
- Published
- 2011
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