A survey on the quality of life among disabled people in Hangzhou City / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the quality of life for people with disabilities in Hangzhou City, and to provide the basisfor targeted interventions. Methods Using the health survey list (SF-36) and the self-compiled population learningvolume, 350 disabled people were investigated face to face in Xiaoshan, Jiande and Fuyang District of Hangzhou City,and the quality of life of different disabled people with demographic characteristics were compared. Results A total of 335disabled people were investigated. The SF-36 score of the 335 disabled people was (62.36±18.40) . Compared with thehealthy people, the scores were lower in the survey of 335 people with disabilities(P<0.001) . The scores of the maledisabled in VT, MH, and PF were lower than the female. In terms of PF, RP, BP, scores of people above 48 years oldwere lower than people under the age of 48 years old, and in terms of mental health, scores of people above 48 years oldwere higher than people under the age of 48 years old. Score in physiological function of the physical disabled people waslower than other types of disabled people(MD=-19.447, -18.509, -19.792, P<0.008) . In terms of PF, score ofgrade 2 disabled people was lower than grade 1 and 4 disabled people (MD=-17.925, -18.162, P <0.008) .Conclusion The quality of life of disabled people in Hangzhou is low, which is affected by gender, age, and disabilitytype and disability grade.