| Autor: |
Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Konstadina Griva, Robin Choo, Hwee-Lin Wee, Julian Thumboo, E Shyong Tai, Stanton Newman |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e67138 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0067138 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND:HRQoL is an important outcome to guide and promote healthcare. Clinical and socioeconomic factors may influence HRQoL according to ethnicity. METHODOLOGY:A multiethnic cross-sectional national cohort (N = 7198) of the Singapore general population consisting of Chinese (N = 4873), Malay (N = 1167) and Indian (N = 1158) adults were evaluated using measures of HRQoL (SF-36 version 2), family functioning, health behaviours and clinical/laboratory assessments. Multiple regression analyses were performed to identify determinants of physical and mental HRQoL in the overall population and their potential differential effects by ethnicity. No a priori hypotheses were formulated so all interaction effects were explored. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:HRQoL levels differed between ethnic groups. Chinese respondents had higher physical HRQoL (PCS) than Indian and Malay participants (p |
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