Health-related quality of life and perceived health status of Turkish population
| Autor: | Belgin Ünal, Bekir Keskinkılıç, Nazan Yardim, Sibel Sakarya, Gül Ergör, B Ekinci, H Ekinci, G Sarioglu, Meltem Soylu, Kevser Tarı Selçuk, Kaan Sözmen, U Hulur, Turan Buzgan, Gönül Dinç Horasan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Turkish population medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Turkey Health Status Population Prevalence Pain Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans education Stroke Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged education.field_of_study Depression business.industry 030503 health policy & services Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Health Surveys 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Chronic Disease Quality of Life Anxiety Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and perceived health status of the Turkish population. The data came from a nationwide survey, which was conducted by Ministry of Health on prevalence and risk factors for chronic diseases in Turkey, with a representative random sample of 18,477 people aged ≥ 15 years from Turkey. Each family physician invited two individuals selected from their registered population to the Family Health Center, conducted the survey by face to face interviews using an electronic form. HRQOL was determined using EQ-5D-3L scale. In Turkish population, each four women out of 10, two men out of 10 have problems in pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression dimensions of the scale; three women out of 10, one man out of 10 have some or severe problems in mobility. Proportion of people without health problems (health state 11,111) were 64,1% in men, 40,7% in women. The mean VAS score for males was 71.5 ± 0.2 (95% CI 70.9–72.1), 66.4 ± 0.2 (95% CI 65.8–66.9) for females (p |
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