Researching health-related quality of life at a community level

Results from a population survey conducted in Burgas, Bulgaria

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22945183
AutoresДесислава Ванкова (0000-0003-2620-9091, Medical University of Varna, autor correspondente), Desislava Vankova, Albena Kerekovska (0000-0002-8948-5053, Medical University of Varna), Тодорка Костадинова (0000-0001-8812-4881, Medical University of Varna), Todorka Kostadinova, Lora Todorova (0000-0002-5667-5707, Medical University of Varna)
Ano2016
Volume31
Fascículo3
Páginas534-541
Data de publicação2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/dav016
PMID25784305
OpenAlexW2063996035
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas16

Researching health-related quality of life (HrQoL) at a community health promotion level is an approach to understand the health inequalities. The objective of this study is to measure the health of a representative sample by conducting a population survey in Burgas by using the EuroQoL EQ-5D-3L questionnaire, and further to assess the influence of socio-economic, demographic and behavioural factors on HrQoL. The relationship between HrQoL and social capital is analysed through a network-based approach. The achieved ambition was to build the public health capacity of the key stakeholders in order to support decision making. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011 using a representative sample of the citizens of Burgas (n = 1050, >18 years old). Respondents were selected through the method of two-stage random selection. HrQoL was assessed by the standardized EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. People without any problem in all five dimensions represent only 26.5% (n = 278) of the respondents, whereas 52.2% (n = 548) reported a moderate problem in at least one dimension; any extreme problem reported 11.6% (n = 122) of the respondents. The mean state of health recorded on the Visual Analogue Scale was 70 (SD ±23). There were differences in self-reported health based on the respondent's age, occupation, education, income, smoking behaviour and membership in community groups. People who have hobby and practice sports assessed their health status higher. The results were communicated in a following Delphi-study; a consensus has been reached that the combination of routine measures of health with measurement of self-rated health could provide better understandings of the community health needs.

Community health · Environmental health · Health promotion · Population · Public health · Quality of life (healthcare) · Respondent · Community Health and Development · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology