Assessment of Rural Residents’ Health-Related Quality of Life in Liangcheng County, China

Abstract

This is a cross sectional descriptive study conducted in Liangcheng County, China. This study aims to assess rural residents’ health-related quality of life. It is a face-to-face interview, and altogether 948 households were collected. The main findings of this study are that female group, elderly group, low educational level group and low income level group have the higher proportion of problems on each EQ-5D dimension. Educational level, annual household income, housing space, employment status, chronic disease, two-week disease, age, alcohol consumption and accessibility of health service have significant relationship with health-related quality of life. According to the results of study, health-related quality of life has a positive relationship with educational level, annual household income, housing space, employment status and alcohol consumption at 5% significant level, while health-related quality of life has a negative relationship with chronic disease, two-week disease, age and accessibility of health service at 5% significant level.