associations of lifestyle factors, disease history and awareness with health-related quality of life in a thai population协会生活方式因素、疾病历史和认识泰国人口与健康相关的生活质量.pdfVIP

Associations of Lifestyle Factors, Disease History and Awareness with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Thai Population 1,2 2 1 3 4 Prin Vathesatogkit *, Piyamitr Sritara , Merel Kimman , Bunlue Hengprasith , Tai E-Shyong , Hwee-Lin Wee5,6, Mark Woodward1 1The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 3 Medical and Health Office, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 4 Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, 5 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 6 Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Abstract Background: The impact of the presence and awareness of individual health states on quality of life (HRQoL) is often documented. However, the impacts of different health states have rarely been compared amongst each other, whilst quality of life data from Asia are relatively sparse. We examined and compared the effects of different health states on quality of life in a Thai population. Methods: In 2008–2009, 5,915 corporate employees were invited to participate in a survey where HRQoL was measured by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire. The adjusted mean SF-36 scores were calculated for each self-reported illness, number of chronic conditions, lifestyle factors and awareness of diabetes and hypertension. The effect sizes (ES) were compared using Cohen’s d. Results: The response rate was 82% and 4,683 (79.1%) had complete data available for analys