Health related quality of life measured by SF-36: a population-based study in Shanghai, China

Wang, Rui; Wu, Cheng; Zhao, Yanfang; Yan, Xiaoyan; Ma, Xiaoyan; Wu, Mengyin; Liu, Wenbin; Gu, Zheng; Zhao, June; He, Jia

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-292

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“…[2][3][4] Disease labels and treatment lead to changes in lifestyle that may also affect healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL) and influence the adherence to treatment, a major issue nowadays for the treatment of hypertension and other chronic diseases. 5 Studies have mostly shown worst quality of life of patients with hypertension, [5][6][7][8][9][10] but other studies contradict these findings. 11,12 A systematic review of 20 original contributions identified lower quality of life among hypertensive individuals in most but not all studies.…”

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“…Quality of life in all domains and summary component scores of SF-12 were also lower in hypertensive compared with normotensive individuals; these findings are similar to those reported in other population-based surveys and in studies performed in outpatient clinics and hospitals. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]23 High diastolic BP (X110 mm Hg) and the presence of target-organ damage were also associated with lower scores of HRQoL in the domains of bodily pain, vitality and general health among patients with hypertension. 24 There is less association of hypertension with low quality of life than there is with other conditions, such as arthritis, diabetes, depression, congestive heart failure, lung disease and coronary heart disease.…”

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Health-related quality of life is worse in individuals with hypertension under drug treatment: results of population-based study

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Patients with hypertension usually report lower healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL), but it is unclear whether this is secondary to high blood pressure (BP) per se, drug treatment or awareness of disease. In a crosssectional study using a multistage population-based sample, participants were interviewed and examined at home. Hypertension was defined by BP X140/90 mm Hg or use of BP-lowering drugs. HRQoL was assessed through the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) and presented as the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) and the SF-12 eightdomain scale. In total, 1858 individuals were evaluated, being 60.1% women, aged 52.5 ± 4.1 years old, and 39.9% men, aged 47.2±9.1 years old. Prevalence of hypertension was 34.2% (95% CI 31.5-36.9). The PCS scores for hypertensive and normotensive participants were 49.4 (CI 48.6-50.2) and 51.06 (CI 50.4-51.7) (P ¼ 0.01), respectively, and the MCS scores were 49.1 (CI 47.9-50.3) and 50.5 (CI 49.6-51.2) (P ¼ 0.06), respectively. Participants with hypertension and not using BP drugs had higher HRQoL scores (PCS 49.6; MCS 51.9) than those using BP drugs either with uncontrolled (PCS 45.3; MCS 49.4) or controlled BP (PCS 46.2; MCS 47.7; Po0.05). We concluded that individuals with hypertension have worse quality of life, particularly when their BP is controlled by drugs. This perception may lead to lower rates of adherence to treatment.

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“…The SF-36 dimension scores were compared with available data from nurses in New Zealand and general population in China (Shanghai province) ( Table 3) 1,27) . The nurses in this study had higher score in VT dimensions than that of nurses in New Zealand, while had lower score in GH dimensions, and others were similar to nurses in New Zealand.…”

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“…Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is an individual's satisfaction or happiness with the dimensions of life insofar as they affect or are affected by health 1) . It contains a multidimensional concept embedded in physical, mental, cultural and social context.…”

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Health-related Quality of Life and Its Main Related Factors among Nurses in China

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The present study is to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and analyze the effect of occupational stress, job burnout and coping resource on the HRQOL among nurses in China. A total of 1,012 nurses were recruited from eight hospitals of two provinces in 2008. The Chinese version of Short Form-36 Health Survey and Maslach Burnout InventoryGeneral Survey were used to measure the HRQOL and burnout respectively, the Occupation Stress Inventory-Revised Edition was used to evaluate occupational stressor, personal strain and coping resources. Other potential influencing factors for HRQOL were collected using a structured questionnaire. HRQOL in the nurses was lower than that in the general population. Occupational stressor, personal strain and job burnout correlated negatively with the HRQOL (p<0.05) while coping resources was positively related to the HRQOL (p<0.05). Among the predictive factors for HRQOL, occupational stressor (indicated by role insufficiency and physical environment), personal strain (indicated by physical strain and psychological strain), job burnout (indicated by emotional exhaustion and professional efficacy), length of work hours (≥10 h per day), diet irregularity and age were the main risk factors for HRQOL, while recreation and self-care were the main protective factors for HRQOL. The findings suggest occupational stress, job burnout and coping resources play important roles in HRQOL in the Chinese nurses.

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“…Life quality according same scale was critical (Emotional Role Functioning, General Health, Bodily Pain). The graph shows the survey results of female from Iran (age -65-69 years) [17], China (age >60 years) [14], Japan (age 65 years) [1], Brazil (age -60-69 years) [11], USA (age -78 years) [13], Canada (age -65-74 years) [10], South Australia (age -65-74 years) [6], Poland (age -45-65 years) [19], Ukraine (own data).…”

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Abstract:The improving of life quality of elderly people is actually nowadays і requires new approaches to problem solving. The research aim was to characterize the life quality of elderly people and determine its' relation with physical activity. It has been established low life quality indexes for Ukrainian elderly citizens. The determined value of General Physical Component was 45.0 points, General Mental Component -40.2 points. It has been identified that intense exercise was not an obligatory condition for optimal life quality of elderly people. Significant correlation (p<0.05) between life quality scales and the high-intensity physical work was detected. It was found active part in moderate intensity daily activities associated with higher respondents' life quality. Keywords: life quality, physical activity, elderly people. IntroductionThe total number of elderly people is over 680 million. The relative number of elderly people in Poland is 13.6%, Belarus -13.9%, Romania -14.9%, Norway and Ukraine -15.3%, Netherlands -almost 16%, France -16.7%, Spain -17.2%, Portugal, Greece and Italy -20%. Thus the supporting of independence, the increasing of social activity level, improving of life quality of elderly people is actually nowadays. Ideas useful for solving of physical, psychological and social problems of elderly citizens have significant interest [7].Life quality is the central object in different scientific areas. The life quality is the integral part of population and epidemiological studies. As a result, there are about a hundred definitions of this conception [9,10,15]. Some of them have the general character -"the awareness of individual well-being", "the satisfaction or dissatisfaction with life" or "happiness or unhappiness" [4,16]. However life quality is not comparable with the health, lifestyle, life satisfaction or mental condition [3,12]. According proposed concepts, life quality consist of physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relationships, personal beliefs and implementation of all these factors according environmental conditions [2,3]. The shift of emphasis to positive approaches can be observed in academic writings. The negative paradigm of aging is focused on poor health, loneliness, inability to make decisions, disability, poverty, social exclusion, decreasing of intellectual development. Aging is considered as a natural state of a living organism that in public dimension is accompanied by changes in social roles and the appearance of new opportunities for personal realization. The basic needs of elderly people include health preservation, access to health services, active communication, performance of socially useful tasks, intellectual development, stable relationships and life.The characteristics of elderly Ukrainians' life quality and its' relation with physical activity was the aim of investigation.

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Health related quality of life measured by SF-36: a population-based study in Shanghai, China

Cited by 144 publications

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Health-related quality of life is worse in individuals with hypertension under drug treatment: results of population-based study

Health-related quality of life is worse in individuals with hypertension under drug treatment: results of population-based study

Health-related Quality of Life and Its Main Related Factors among Nurses in China

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