Review
Progress in research of health-related quality of life
Li Yannan, Li Yichong, Zhang Mei, Wang Limin
Published 2016-09-10
Cite as Chin J Epidemiol, 2016, 37(9): 1311-1317. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.09.024
Abstract
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional concept for the comprehensive assessment of people’s physical and mental health status, which plays an irreplaceable role in clinical treatment, pharmaceutics research, prevention and health care, health policy decision and health economy evaluation, etc. This paper summarizes the connotation, research status, assessment scales and influencing factors of health-related quality of life in order to provide reference to improve the research of health-related quality of life in the future.
Key words:
Quality of life; Scale; Research progress; Method; Influence factor
Contributor Information
Li Yannan
National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Honghe Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mengzi 661199, China
Li Yichong
National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Zhang Mei
National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Wang Limin
National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China