Survey on the quality of life of disabled people in Shanghai Jing'an district and analysis of influencing factors / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To survey the quality of life of disabled people in Shanghai Jing'an district and to analyze the influencing factors.Methods A face-to-face interview was conducted among 1 831 disabled people from 5 communities of Jing'an district between September 2015 and January 2016.The quality of life was evaluated with Modified Barthel Index (MBI),12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ).Results There were 941 males and 870 females among 1 815 qualified participants.There were 433 cases of visual disability (23.86％),222 cases of hearing disability (12.23％),20 cases of language disability(1.10％),742 cases of limb disability (40.88％),169 cases of intelligent disability (9.31％),198 cases of mental disability (10.91％) and 31 cases (1.71％) of multiple disabilities.The SF-12 showed that the mean scores of both physical aspect and mental aspect were 50.0 ± 10.0.Multiple linear regression showed showed that the low self-care ability of daily life (β =0.24,P =0.00),depression (β =-9.65,P =0.00) and high serum lipids (β =-2.36,P =0.02) were associated with the quality of life.Conclusion The study indicates that the quality of life of the disabled people in Jing'an district is generally low,which is affected by various factors.